Just started checking out Scroogle.Don't know much about it as yet.
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Scroogle is a screen-scraping proxy for the Google search engine that circumvents Google's tracking of user activity via cookies. The site also allows users to perform Google searches without receiving Google advertisements. A Yahoo scraper is included. There is support for 28 languages, and Mozilla offers a Scroogle plugin for the Firefox search bar. Scroogle is operated by Google critic Daniel Brandt, who is known for his Google Watch website.
The cartoons and comments found in Scroogle pages suggest that Brandt believes that aspects of Google's operations might have more sinister elements than the average user expects. As of March 2006, Scroogle was handling 30,000 searches per day.
Google tried to block the site [1], but the creator found methods to get around the block [2].
Scroogle view the event as being a short term public relations ploy that does not address more relevant Google privacy issues.
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Started by Humpty, Jun 11 2006 03:05 AM
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Posted 11 June 2006 - 04:11 AM
It's not as fast as Google itself (which makes sense, it's going through a proxy.) Plus I don't really mind the advertisements on the right, it's easy to ignore. Google is also more efficient at displaying information. But the ability to prevent Google from looking over your shoulder is interesting.
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Posted 11 June 2006 - 01:11 PM
Yeah, I checked it out some time ago.
If you dont use it, you can always block googles cookies.
If you dont use it, you can always block googles cookies.
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Posted 12 June 2006 - 07:23 AM
man, some people.
what does scroogle even mean?
what does scroogle even mean?
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Posted 12 June 2006 - 08:03 AM
Eldmannen, on Jun 11 2006, 01:11 PM, said:
Yeah, I checked it out some time ago.
If you dont use it, you can always block googles cookies.
If you dont use it, you can always block googles cookies.
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Posted 12 June 2006 - 05:12 PM
Humpty, on Jun 12 2006, 08:03 AM, said:
Yeah thanks Eldamannen,too used to Google so I did what you suggested.
I block ALL cookies from ALL sites, except the handful of sites that I have explicitly allowed to set cookies. (These sites are mostly forums and misc other sites that I have account that can be logged in to).
In Firefox it is very easy to define which sites are allowed and isnt allowed to place cookies.
