Hello all.... Yesterday I read an article, about how Google & Yahoo are starting to use what they call " regional information demographics " also known as snooping on peoples searches.
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It seems they are begining to keep a tally of keywords used when you search, with a state by state boxing of those results. So for example, you put in the word Bat Guano and hit search on Google or Yahoo - up comes all the pages they find and click goes their info counter along with a mark for which state it came from.
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Privacy violated. They claim this is so they can better tailor their search engine to help you find more of what you want. Yeah...Right...
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Since, I have always distrusted the government, and for good reasons. I went looking for an independant search engine - that keeps NO stats of any kind. I found one that allows searches, keeps no stats and does not like the government. It meets all my criteria for a decent place to search.
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It's called Cuil It's now my default search engine, in Internet Explorer.
Here is a hotlink :

Cuil
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I recommend it for all your Organic needs - Google & Yahoo (are now sell outs in my book) beware of their more personal experience (aka - info gathering - big brother - 1984 BS )
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OK, I'm climbing off the soapbox now. Just thought others should know, what the score was. I know this thread is not all that Organic...but I am.
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Keep it Real.... Private.....

Very real problem given a recent lawsuit. I can't live without Google, so I use this:

BLACK BOX SEARCH... no IP, no tracking cookies, no logging - EVER!

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preciate the info ohso, id rep you but it says i must spread it. Good read.

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