[FYI] Frequent Search Engine Users, Google Is Watching and Counting

[Sven Gottwald <svengo@arcor.de>]

<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/06/technology/06goog.html?ei=5062&en=6b48de
61370e996b&ex=1066017600&partner=GOOGLE&pagewanted=print&position=>

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October 6, 2003
Frequent Search Engine Users, Google Is Watching and Counting
By LISA NAPOLI

Think of it as an odometer for a search engine.

The Web search service Google has quietly started placing a counter on its 
home page for a small number of its most frequent users.

Most Google users do not have it, but a select few now have a no-frills 
counter that with each search clicks higher, noting "You have done 479 
searches," or whatever the actual number.

For the curious, an explanatory page linked to the counter reveals that 
this is a test, or limited-sample experiment of a new search counting 
feature.
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Slashdot:
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/06/0427208>

Und nochwas zu google auf slashdot: What's Wacky with Google?
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/06/1331239>

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