Google search service tracks your online habits

Google has introduced a new service which critics say allows the company to more easily collect data on its users’ web surfing habits. The new feature, called Web History, allows users to look back in time at the websites they have browsed and search them for specific lines of text. Ostensibly, Google’s goal was to provide greater personalisation for its users and deliver more targeted search results.

Google search service tracks your online habitsGoogle has introduced a new service which critics say allows the company to more easily collect data on its users’ web surfing habits. The new feature, called Web History, allows users to look back in time at the websites they have browsed and search them for specific lines of text. Ostensibly, Google’s goal was to provide greater personalisation for its users and deliver more targeted search results.http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/23/1177180549441.html

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