Searching the web
Protecting Your Online Search Privacy
Google, MSN Search, Yahoo!, AOL, and most other search engines collect and store records of your search queries. If these records are revealed to others, they can be embarrassing or even cause great harm. Would you want strangers to see searches that reference your online reading habits, medical history, finances, sexual orientation, or political affiliation?
Recent events highlight the danger that search logs pose. In August 2006, AOL published 650,000 users’ search histories on its website. Though each user’s logs were only associated with a random ID number, several users’ identities were readily discovered based on their search queries. For instance, the New York Times connected the logs of user No. 4417749 with 62 year-old Thelma Arnold. These records exposed, as she put it, her “whole personal life.”
Read this excellent article HERE.
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Essential Yahoo Search Shortcuts
Do you use Yahoo's Open Search Shortcuts? If not then you should check into it. This is one of the handiest hacks on the Web and I bet a lot of people don't tap into it. Using Yahoo Open Search Shortcuts (OSS) you can turn Yahoo into the ultimate "one box" search tool. You won't need to go anywhere else to search your favorite sites - even Google or MSN Search. Using OSS any Yahoo search box - even one built into your browser - can become a tool that lets you directly query other sites.
Learn more HERE.
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Introducing GahooYoogle
For all those who find Yahoo and Google search engines tedious and time-consuming, a new website known as GahooYoogle has come up with a solution. This website combines the search engines of Yahoo and Google on one screen. Using a split screen to display the search results of both the engines, this website is proving to be convenient for many net surfers.
Visit the website HERE.
Google, MSN Search, Yahoo!, AOL, and most other search engines collect and store records of your search queries. If these records are revealed to others, they can be embarrassing or even cause great harm. Would you want strangers to see searches that reference your online reading habits, medical history, finances, sexual orientation, or political affiliation?
Recent events highlight the danger that search logs pose. In August 2006, AOL published 650,000 users’ search histories on its website. Though each user’s logs were only associated with a random ID number, several users’ identities were readily discovered based on their search queries. For instance, the New York Times connected the logs of user No. 4417749 with 62 year-old Thelma Arnold. These records exposed, as she put it, her “whole personal life.”
Read this excellent article HERE.
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Essential Yahoo Search Shortcuts
Do you use Yahoo's Open Search Shortcuts? If not then you should check into it. This is one of the handiest hacks on the Web and I bet a lot of people don't tap into it. Using Yahoo Open Search Shortcuts (OSS) you can turn Yahoo into the ultimate "one box" search tool. You won't need to go anywhere else to search your favorite sites - even Google or MSN Search. Using OSS any Yahoo search box - even one built into your browser - can become a tool that lets you directly query other sites.
Learn more HERE.
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Introducing GahooYoogle
For all those who find Yahoo and Google search engines tedious and time-consuming, a new website known as GahooYoogle has come up with a solution. This website combines the search engines of Yahoo and Google on one screen. Using a split screen to display the search results of both the engines, this website is proving to be convenient for many net surfers.
Visit the website HERE.
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