Is this still true? The html spec now supports a 'ping' attribute in addition to 'href' for pinging tracking URLs. I'm seeing that all results have the actual URL in 'href'.

Example (Chrome):

  <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a" ping="/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjmxMHk5MvlAhWVvp4KHS6lCqIQFjAAegQIABAB">