Re: AT&T the Web Spy? -- And Their Big Google Lie

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Seth Breidbart" <sethb () panix com>
Date: August 15, 2008 4:49:53 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:   AT&T the Web Spy? -- And Their Big Google Lie

"Bob Poortinga" <ip () k9sql us> wrote:

>  I am unsure as how much of this
> data is uploaded to Google, but, based on my personal knowledge and
> experience, the data the Toolbar provides is used by Google to index
> pages which have no external links.  This is how Google indexes the
> "hidden" web.

Based on my experience, it doesn't.  I created a web page (with no
incoming links), and had several people with Google Toolbar go read it.
The unique "word" on that page still does not show up in a search.

(I won't post the URL here because this list is probably archived on the
web, and that would provide an external pointer.)

Seth






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