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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. Re:Google is NOT dead : ) by fearlezz · · Score: 5, Informative

    Google is not dead.

    It's a result of a malicious program "Trojan.Qhosts", which exploits a bug in internet explorer to get access to your pc. Then it alters your hosts file to stop your pc from accessing google.com.

    Search google for that "Trojan.Qhosts". Ow, you can't. Okay, then try this link

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