Re: Change of tune from google

I think they want you to use Google Analytics and
www.google.com/webmaster/tools


On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:40 PM, John Elliot <[email protected]> wrote:

> It used to really bother me that when I searched google for something
> the HTTP referrer header included the query text I had submitted. I felt
> as though google was disclosing to a third party something that should
> have been kept between me and google.
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> Then I kind of got over it.
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> Then I started running my own websites and loved to be able to see what
> searches for what keywords where bringing traffic to my sites.
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> But now google has gone all Web 2.0 and AJAXy and so the URL you see in
> the referrer header doesn't include the keywords searched any more.
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> And for some reason that seems evil, even though initially that is what
> I wanted, now that that it works that way it seems like google has just
> decided to keep search keywords to themselves and not share them with
> the internet at large anymore.
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> So I've backflipped, and so has google.
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> There's something about google that is just so disappointing. It's like
> they're corporate now rather than smart. A glorified advertising company
> that reports to the CIA/NSA and that's all.
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> The internet used to be cool.
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