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Google Tracking Frequent Users

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the so-are-the-illuminati dept.

BrianGa writes "According to this article, Google has started placing a counter on its home page for a small number of its most frequent users. Most Google users do not have it, but a select few now have a counter that notes the actual number of searches made. For the curious, an explanatory page linked to the counter reveals that this is a test, or limited-sample experiment of a new search counting feature."

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  1. The Google Counter... by deadgoon42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is this the next Ultimate Status Symbol for nerds??

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    1. Re:The Google Counter... by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah,of course the first thing I did when reading this story was check to see if I had one.

      Nope. I don't rate.

      Well why the bloody hell not, that's what I want to know. What the hell does a guy have to do to get survielled around here?

      KFG

    2. Re:The Google Counter... by logic-gate · · Score: 5, Funny
      The counter was inspired by airline frequent flier programs, Ms. Mayer said.

      When I can cash in Google searches for free air travel... then I'll be impressed.

    3. Re:The Google Counter... by Temporal · · Score: 5, Funny

      Nooooooooooo!

      Why did I deny that cookie from Google!? Why!? I do all sorts of searches every day, but due to my damned paranoia Google hasn't been able to keep count!

      I blame timothy for this.

    4. Re:The Google Counter... by Fex303 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Big Brother is ignoring you!!

  2. Re:Google as an indicator of consumer demand by kfg · · Score: 4, Funny

    I certainly hope they do something like that. I'm an insightful sort of fellow who searches for all sorts of things it turns out aren't available yet.

    I'm looking forward to their taking the hint so I can read Terry Prachett in Latin by the light of my reissue of my favorite Alladin Oil Lamp while sitting in my Rubbermaid(tm) Yurt.

    Oh, I think maybe you meant trendy people.

    That would be different.

    KFG

  3. Re:only if you explicitly allow it to by Inda · · Score: 4, Funny

    I remember seeing that too and thinking:

    Google is such a nice company. They feel the need to write big red letters telling me not to click next. I can trust them. There is no need to read the EULA.

    [click]

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  4. Worst nerd fear ... by BESTouff · · Score: 4, Funny
    Next thing, you know, they will replace this counter with a category, and you'll see .sig like this:

    Google Karma: Terrific, due to obsessive searching syndrome

  5. Re:Thin end of the wedge... by FreeMars · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it's time for a week-long boycott just to show them we *can* get by without them - plus an email campaign to drive the point home.

    Maybe they'll shut down for a week to show us we can't get by without them.

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  6. It seems a bit ironic by eXtro · · Score: 4, Funny
    that NY times implies that the sky is falling by defining cookies as
    a software file that a Web site places without the recipient's permission or notification and that transmits information back to the site.

    and then sets several cookies on my computer. I don't actually care, but it shows how little technical proficiency the fact checkers have. Before making a statement like that I'd make sure that my own web site didn't also set cookies.
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