Google vs the Feds

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Gambler
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Post by Gambler »

Click-tracking is also likely used to help tune the results or the engine, and helps them target advertising.
The same information is supposed to help US government to tune the laws and target (he-he) people better. But somehow people don't buy it.
It can help them fine tune the engine more
How exactly logs, which are seven month old, can help to fine-tune a search engine? Search should be about algorithms, not trends and popularity.

Besides, ads that targets me personally (instead of website/search query) are very close to violating privacy.
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Post by Maugrim_The_Reaper »

Google Ads probably uses the same tactics as are most effective - mixing page content, with IP or other information. Doesn't need to have personally identifiable information to be effective.
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If they can follow the specific line of searches patterns of people that are searching they can analize and come up with the algorithms that will help people to find what they are looking for. And it may seem short sided of me but i believe to do so you need a larger sample size and 7 months doesn't seem to long. As long as they aren't tracking more specific data than an ip that has no real validity than it doesn't bother me much.
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Post by m3mn0n »

Gambler wrote:Besides, ads that targets me personally (instead of website/search query) are very close to violating privacy.
I think it's safe to say that it would be a violation...though not technically since they'd add it to the 100,000 word agreements nobody reads. ;)
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