Google - You're Fired!

Blasted Fools ^ | 7/2/2012 | Richard Cameron

[DBrow]

Yahoo!search has been bought by Microsoft, and will soon use the Bing! engine. So you can use Bing, too, same or nearly the same search engine.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

If you want to periodically “de-Google” your computer, to avoid much of its intrusive tracking, it’s important to delete cookies from the “Google network”, over 100 companies and sites that have been purchased by Google, many still operating under their own names, but share data with Google, so it can develop user database information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Google

Importantly, many sites are now protecting their cookies from deletion by using other Flash files to back up data, then reload the cookies. Adobe provides a Global Storage Setting Panel that will allow you to delete these as well.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html

[rawcatslyentist]

You're gonna have to work a lil harder to fire the Goog!

Stop Goog from using your URL address bar

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Also, I am now enjoying Ghostery

http://www.ghostery.com/

This has eliminated much of the problem!

[Cowboy Bob]

One thing I didn't like about Yahoo search is that companies had to PAY to be included in their search engine. Talk about a limited universe! At least with Google, everything on the Internet was included in their search. (of course companies paid Google to get a high ranking!)

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Bingo. Stops the rats in their tracks right at the point of entry.

[umgud]

Hasta La Vista google.

[sneakers]

I never, ever ‘google’.

[nascarnation]

Have they ever come out and said what’s wrong with Larry Page?

[patriot08]

I fired Google long, long ago.

[An American!]

Google Shopping Censors All Gun, Ammo & Accessories Results

July 1, 2012

Google sent out an email to Google Adwords customers saying that they are going to pull all Google Shopping results for guns, ammunition, gun optics and gun accessories (Shopping results, not general search results).

[tbw2]

Google blocks pro-life items sometimes, drops all gun sales ads. Does Bing apply any biases of its own?

[Oberon]

I’ve been a “Bing-only” kind of guy for several years now, over this very issue.

[DBrow]

I’ve tried guns, ammo, sights, holsters, shotgun barrels, and Bing returns answers in Shopping mode. I don’t know what kinks Microsoft built in, but I’ve seen nothing obvious.

[Balding_Eagle]

Me too.

[RikaStrom]

One thing I didn't like about Yahoo search is that companies had to PAY to be included in their search engine. Talk about a limited universe! At least with Google, everything on the Internet was included in their search. (of course companies paid Google to get a high ranking!)

That is slightly misleading. Google actually searches less than 5% of the global internet, and is updated about every 10 days (unless you manually force the re-index by using the tricks and tools of the trade).

[Excellence]

My flash folder is on my desk top and gets emptied quite often, and I never leave my computer without clearing my history, etc. It’s amazing how fast the flash folder is filled.

[Tom Bombadil]

I use http://duckduckgo.com/ for my search engine. It does NOT report your IP adress and it does not create a search bubble around you. I am extremely happy with it. when you go to the site, click on the duck and you will get a good idea of what it is all about.

I also use lavabit.com for my free IMAP and POP3 mail, and am leaving my gmail address behind.

[Inyo-Mono]

I don’t Google. I have been using Yahoo since 1997.