I rarely click on the ones I see are ads unless that is exactly what I am looking for. I still use google.
I rarely click on the ones I see are ads unless that is exactly what I am looking for. I still use google.
What's crazy is that companies have to buy ads for their own name, so there is that to. When you do a search for Macys, the first result is an ad paid for by Macys, most will click on that, Macys gets charged, and then of course passes the cost through to customers. I see google primarily as a global taxing agency, the troll under the internet bridge.Originally Posted by curly sue
curly sue (09-21-2018)
I mostly use Google because, at the end of the day, I find that it's still better at finding stuff and returning relevant results than anything else.
I do sometimes miss the old Altavista-style boolean searches though :)
FireBrand (10-02-2018)
I make a point of ignoring all advertisements, whether from radio, TV, or internet. But with "subliminal advertising", who knows how I'm being affected?
https://www.psychologistworld.com/in...al-advertising
Here you go...
These could help with the visual part of any electronic "subliminal advertising"...
These Screen-Blocking Glasses Are Ad-Blockers for Real Life
The IRL glasses block LCD/LED screens to give you some time away from looking at ads.
http://tinyurl.com/y9lypkye
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
(Ephesians 4:17-18)
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
(Psalm 1)
Duck duck go, just love the name 😁
Thanx Scott, now I must do the same.
So can an up-to-date techie give a quick rundown of IE vs Chrome vs. Firefox, at least from a security POV?
IE - blackbox, it's a microsoft product. Likely it phones home.
Chrome - Google spyware. You may as well have a tracker implant.
Firefox - open source but has shady deals with google to be preferred search engine (spyware).
I use firefox and would NEVER use chrome. I run linux so IE is not an option but it's not likely I would ever use that.
Privacy-focused DuckDuckGo finds Google personalizes search results even for logged out and incognito users
By Mark Wycislik-Wilson
Published 8 hours ago
https://betanews.com/2018/12/04/duck...rsonalization/
You might well expect that if you perform a Google search while signed into your Google account that the results will be tailored according to what that company has learned about you over the years. But what about when you're not signed into your account?
A study carried out by the privacy-centric search engine DuckDuckGo yielded some slightly surprising results. In tests earlier in the year, it was found that even when people searched without logging into a Google account -- or when they used private browsing mode -- "most participants saw results unique to them", suggesting there was still personalization of results.
While this was a small study with just 87 results involved, the findings are interesting, nonetheless. Conducted back in June -- during the US midterms -- DuckDuckGo wanted to use its study to test the influence of Google's "filter bubble". This "bubble" is the activity you would expect from Google -- the personalization of search results based on what it has been able to learn about you. When you're logged into your Google account, it's easy to understand how the company gathers information about you. But when you're using private browsing mode -- or just logged out of your account -- and you see similar personalization, it is a little worrying.
DuckDuckGo asked participants in the study to conduct identical searches at the same time. It found:
Most participants saw results unique to them. These discrepancies could not be explained by changes in location, time, by being logged in to Google, or by Google testing algorithm changes to a small subset of users.
On the first page of search results, Google included links for some participants that it did not include for others, even when logged out and in private browsing mode.
Results within the news and videos infoboxes also varied significantly. Even though people searched at the same time, people were shown different sources, even after accounting for location.
Private browsing mode and being logged out of Google offered very little filter bubble protection. These tactics simply do not provide the anonymity most people expect. In fact, it's simply not possible to use Google search and avoid its filter bubble.
The searches related to "gun control", "immigration" and "vaccinations" and the results appear to show that avoiding a Google account, or trying to protect your privacy using private browsing mode, had very little effect on whether search results were personalized or not....
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
(Ephesians 4:17-18)
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
(Psalm 1)
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