Google is turning into a nasty piece of work!
 

http://www.google.com/support/toolba...=features.html

Autolink is similar to MS Smart Tags technology

Read about it here:
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/20/1926227

Comments can be made at the following URL destination:

http://www.google.com/support/toolbar/bin/request.py

Works with IE.

There is a dreamweaver extension available that claims to block it:
Use the "Link to Dreamweaver Behavior Extension" hyperlink to download it.
http://www.dhtmlnirvana.com/content/...ink/index.html

Now we've got to add more code to our pages to make sure we are not inadvertently helping to line the already full Google coffers! This is almost akin to a realtor selling my house putting other for sale signs on my front lawn advertising his other properties!

Cheers

I feel like I just tried reading Chinese. :helpme

Shoehorn, all you really have to understand here is that Google's toolbar now come with an option called Autolink. This enables google to track a user's surfing habits based on the pages he is on (for example your site) and then directs them to content they may be interested in. If I have understood correctly, users will be directed to the pool of Google advertisers.

Cheers,

Fix for it in here:

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...83#post6793983

Typical.

Google came on the scene, and became one of the most popular search engines. Now they have started Gmail, and will soon position themselves to take on Yahoo! in the next 3-5 years. Watch and see which telecommunications company partners, or merges with them.

:disgust

They sure have been a bitch to me as of late :disgust

Definitely a strong possibility.

Pfff.... MSN will eventually surpass Google!

I absolutely HATE google now. They used to be my fucking bestest friend in the whole world.... SCREW THEM

It took Google 2 years to go from #5 to #3. I'd bet it will be more than another 2 years before they over take Yahoo in ranking. Gmail might be popular but there are so many Yahoo email accounts there. Right now Yahoo has 60 million more page views per day than Google does. :2 cents:

Eventually?? Where have you been. Site Rank:

1. Yahoo
2. MSN
3. Google

It is Google that wants to get past MSN!

I hope they allow me to buy the smart tag & email traffic by itself. Adsense has hurt the ppc profitability.

Google is owned by The Man now, get used to it ... btw, since this is a Google thread (okay, more of a Google-bashing thread) I'd like to take this opportunity to recommend O'Reilly's Google Hacks book, v2.


It was recently updated (Dec.'04) I think and is an excellent resource for advanced searching using Google - but also very relevant to webmasters and SEO's. There is one chapter specific to SEO that is primo for those starting out and scratching their head on how to rank well.

I rarely buy any geek books, but this one is worth it big-time for putting numerous tips/tricks together, etc.

Okay, get on with your Google-bashing again
:pimp

Viva La Yahoo

I've been hating Google ever since their update on Superbowl Sunday :disgust

i've been reading a lot of negative things about google lately.

oh well, i think yahoo rules! :thumbsup

That's not unusual.

[X] Clueless n00b
[X] Lamer
[_] Flamer
[_] Pervert
[_] Sexist
[X] Spammer
[_] Racist
[X] Dumbass
[X] Waste of Life
[X] Other: Pathetic Moron

You are being flamed because:
[X] You obviously don't know anything about the topic at hand.
[X] You started a pointless thread.
[_] You bumped a pointless thread.
[X] Your post contained nothing but crap.
[_] You can't spell more than 3 words right.
[X] Your awful markup made the post unreadable.
[_] You made a useless assumption.
[_] You posted IN ALL CAPS FOR NO APPARENT REASON.
[_] You tYpEd SoMeThInG lAmE lIkE tHiS.
[_] You don't know how to use the search feature
[X] You say you're "1337".
[_] You posted a topic that's been posted 50 times already.

As punishment, you must:
[X] Refrain from posting until you have a vague idea of what you're doing.
[X] Stab yourself in the eye with a pen.
[_] Give up your internet account.
[X] Eat paint chips for the next 6 months.
[X] Make goat.cx your home page.
[_] Jump into a bathtub with a toaster.
[X] Fuck yourself in the ass with a cactus
[X] Attach a car battery to your scrotum

Wasnt MSN using Y results until a few months ago? That doesnt really make 'em on top of G. I dont know one single person who uses Y or MSN anymore (maybe that's cause I brought them all over to the dark side of G?). I agree that the autolink function is kinda of intrusive, but i dont think they need to put this into place to be able to track traffic... in a way they arent tracking traffic of G browser users, but redirecting it (?)... Cant they just track user activity much like Alexa does? My 2 cents...

:1orglaugh :thumbsup

2 years to top yahoo
 

Not gonna take long to top Yahoo,

What does Yahoo have thats even secure? Nothing they are like a 3rd party provider to everything they do, they pissed on their directory,
Goodbye $300.00 year links, not too mention they piss off every webmaster
that is stupid enuff to pay this fee.

They pissed on their engine and use 3rd party crap

Free email getting market saturated...

They have ugh, games and ugh resell DSL and webhosting.

They're neweest work is to port their games to cell phones

Gee, this company has it all, Yahoo will be a Enron in 2010