Incorrect. You're only getting the blinking because <blink> is still in the URL.

compare your link to mine: https://www.google.com/search?q=%3CGOOGLE%3E&safe=off

This is probably a bug.

Same applies for the [tilt] query, eg: https://www.google.com/search?q=tilt&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=goo...