netgear keyword blocking problem on yahoo

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I have keyword blocking enabled on my router to block but something yahoo
does with its redirection makes it so I can't click on links from a yahoo
image search. Even when my search is not relevant to any keywords that are
blocked. Google seems to handle it better because google image searches work
just fine.

When I disable the keyword blocking they all load just fine.

for example, I searched yahoo.com images for

yamaha blaster

The first result is a mufler kit. When I click I get a url like this.

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_Rq5Do...g&no=1&tt=5,938&oid=a4dae794da7f3144&ei=UTF-8


The actual url when the page loads (keywords disabled is)
http://images.search.yahoo.com/sear...g&no=1&tt=5,938&oid=a4dae794da7f3144&ei=UTF-8


If I turn the blocking back on, I can refresh the destination url just fine.
For testing sake, the keyword I used during my test wsa "gotmilk. Obviously
that keyword is totally irrelevant to the search but it is preventin yahoo's
redirect from working.
 
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Rob said:
I have keyword blocking enabled on my router to block but something
yahoo does with its redirection makes it so I can't click on links
from a yahoo image search. Even when my search is not relevant to any
keywords that are blocked. Google seems to handle it better because
google image searches work just fine.

When I disable the keyword blocking they all load just fine.

for example, I searched yahoo.com images for

yamaha blaster

The first result is a mufler kit. When I click I get a url like this.

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_Rq5Do...g&no=1&tt=5,938&oid=a4dae794da7f3144&ei=UTF-8


The actual url when the page loads (keywords disabled is)
http://images.search.yahoo.com/sear...g&no=1&tt=5,938&oid=a4dae794da7f3144&ei=UTF-8


If I turn the blocking back on, I can refresh the destination url
just fine. For testing sake, the keyword I used during my test wsa
"gotmilk. Obviously that keyword is totally irrelevant to the search
but it is preventin yahoo's redirect from working.
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Impossible to say (sorry, I'm not clicking) off the bat, but I'd simply
leave the keyword blocking off, if this is stopping you from doing what you
want. Keyword blocking is not a very useful means of doing any content
filtering in the first place - if you have a need for that, you really need
a proxy server/third party software to accomplish it.

Beyond that, if you need to keep this enabled for some reason, you might
check with the people who make your router, as this isn't a Windows XP issue
at all.
 
Hi
I doubt that there is anything that you can do about it.
In general I find it much better to filter and block via software on a
specific computer, rather than interfering with the working of an Entry
Level Cable/DSL Router.
Jack (MVP-Networking).
 
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