Google is telling frequent visitors how many searches they do

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[As described, it seems pretty innocuous to me. --Declan]

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Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 16:56:27 -0700
From: "Da'ud X Mohammed" <webmaster () ocnsignal com>
Organization: Oregon Coast News Signal
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Subject: Search Engine Users, Google Is Watching
References: <6.0.0.22.2.20031002171728.02118d90 () mail well com>

Hullo Declan,

Maybe we could get some Politech feedback on this one:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/06/technology/06goog.html?ex=1066017600&#038;en=6b48de61370e996b&#038;ei=5062&#038;partner=GOOGLE

Frequent Search Engine Users, Google Is Watching and Counting
By LISA NAPOLI - New York Times


Most Google users do not have it, but a select few now have a no-frills 
counter that with each search clicks higher, noting "You have done 479 
searches," or whatever the actual number.

...

What is going on here? Google, which processes about 200 million search 
requests a day at no cost to users, said the counter had been placed on the 
hard drives of fewer than 1 percent of its users.

...

Requires registration.

Thanks

With peace

dxm


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