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Still, it bothers me when it says "logged in" in the google bar at the top because google watches my searches. When I am on facebook I behave like I am in publi
by jm4 15y ago
Still, it bothers me when it says "logged in" in the google bar at the top because google watches my searches. When I am on facebook I behave like I am in public. I don't hope for the best and write secret stuff anywhere. But with all the google searches I make through a day, I am giving google a lot of very personal information that I would not like anyone to see. I would hate to see something that I was searching for somehow show up in a stream for my friends to see because I accidentally clicked a +1 button or similar.
I think you hit the nail on the head. I think Google+ looks pretty neat. It's more along the lines of what I am looking for in a social network than Facebook is. But I do not plan to use it for the exact reasons you mentioned.
My searches are private. Anything I do on a social network is public. I do not want the two of them mingling. I don't want the possibility of an accident. I don't want a single entity to "own" my search and social data.
I really wish someone else had created this.
- IgorPartola 15y agoThe solution is simple: move away from using Google for searches. There are alternatives like Bing, Yahoo and Duck Duck Go.
- pthatcherg 15y agoDon't Yahoo and DDG use Bing for their search results? If so, Bing is the only alternative on your list.
- vollmond 15y agoI believe DDG uses a variety of sources for results, including but not limited to Bing.
- farnsworth 15y agoHm, looks like Alta-Vista is still around...
- zach 15y agoThe results come via a rebranded Yahoo! search, which itself consists of rebranded Bing results.
- bincat 15y agoI'd add https://ixquick.com https://ixquick.com to the list. Also, using a search engine directly is not the same thing as using it through one of these intermediaries (especially while logged in).
- saucerful 15y agoOr if you like Google's service, as I do, but care about your privacy, as I do, you can use Scroogle: http://www.scroogle.org/ http://www.scroogle.org/ It's a secure (SSL), anonymous (no cookies), ad-free Google interface. You can make it the default in your search bar in any browser either by hand or through an extension. Note that the results are much more minimal (no links to similar articles, cached versions, etc.), which you may prefer, as I do, or not.
- immortalbeast 15y agoor just use Facebook.
- kaerast 15y ago"I really wish someone else had created this." You mean like any number of startup social networks each year that fail because they can't get the traction which Google is more likely to? It's sad, but that's the way it is - there are innovative and good social networking sites out there, but without the backing that a Google product has they keep failing.
- danssig 15y ago>I really wish someone else had created this. I'm with you. If anyone but Google had made this I would be ecstatic. Heck, even MS.