Beware Google Archiving Your Entire Search History
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Google sure does a lot of nifty things with its search and archive capabilities! And one of those things is that it now archives your search history. Meaning that if you are logged in to Google, and perform a Google search, it remembers it for you. And which search results you clicked on. Even if you don’t want it to.
According to Google, “In order to provide the service, My Search History saves information about your activity on Google, including your search queries, the results you click on, and the date and time of your searches. Also, as stated in the main Google Privacy Policy, when you use any Google service, we collect additional information including your Internet Protocol address, browser…
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Bob Calderwood
October 17th, 2006
at 7:47am
Chris, did you also know that if you use the Google toolbar and attempt to search via “open in new window,” it takes three attempts to get the site you requested? The first two open ad accounts that obviously feed Google kickback money.