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Yesterday I installed Feedly and it looked great while using the dashboard and as a start page. But when I went to Google to search something I was surprised be

Yesterday I installed Feedly and it looked great while using the dashboard and as a start page. But when I went to Google to search something I was surprised because feedly inserted search results (from my feeds) just above google search results. I then went to Feedly website, searching for info whether they are storing my searches somewhere, how long they keep it, etc. I was unsuccessful so I uninstalled it right away. Don't get me wrong here, I find this functionality very useful. I also understand it's great business to gather data on people searches and some people really don't care. Just I am not one of them. So can someone please tell me if the searches I do are sent to Webmynd, stored, sold, hacked or not?

amirnathoo 18y ago
What WebMynd does is covered in our FAQ: http://www.webmynd.com/html/faq.html http://www.webmynd.com/html/faq.html Depending on the settings, WebMynd does collect some search and browsing information. We never reveal this information to third parties. The information is not exposed to other users (even in aggregate / anonymized form). WebMynd includes the ability to save and index (on our servers) your browsing history so you can find things again faster. This is disabled by default in the Hacker News Search version. You can turn on recording of history and select history search on Google with a couple of clicks if you would like to. More information on that here: http://www.webmynd.com/html/help.html http://www.webmynd.com/html/help.html We do gather data of how many searches are performed, how users interact with our UI and which sources are generating click-throughs all to try and make the service better. I think this is standard practice for search engines / aggregators and most users expect that.
- EastSmith 18y ago
  Thanks for the info.
edwink 18y ago
Hi EastSmith, Here is the feedly privacy information: http://edwink.devhd.com/2008/06/18/feedly-and-privacy/ http://edwink.devhd.com/2008/06/18/feedly-and-privacy/ There is a section on search: Question: Does feedly search keeps track of my search history? Answer: The answer is no. The integration of the search result is perform directly on the client. Feedly does not track at all what keywords people search. The search integration component only tracks at the global level what percentage of users disable the search feature so that we get a sense of if it is valuable or not.

amirnathoo 18y ago

What WebMynd does is covered in our FAQ: http://www.webmynd.com/html/faq.html http://www.webmynd.com/html/faq.html Depending on the settings, WebMynd does collect some search and browsing information. We never reveal this information to third parties. The information is not exposed to other users (even in aggregate / anonymized form). WebMynd includes the ability to save and index (on our servers) your browsing history so you can find things again faster. This is disabled by default in the Hacker News Search version. You can turn on recording of history and select history search on Google with a couple of clicks if you would like to. More information on that here: http://www.webmynd.com/html/help.html http://www.webmynd.com/html/help.html We do gather data of how many searches are performed, how users interact with our UI and which sources are generating click-throughs all to try and make the service better. I think this is standard practice for search engines / aggregators and most users expect that.

EastSmith 18y ago
Thanks for the info.

edwink 18y ago

Hi EastSmith, Here is the feedly privacy information: http://edwink.devhd.com/2008/06/18/feedly-and-privacy/ http://edwink.devhd.com/2008/06/18/feedly-and-privacy/ There is a section on search: Question: Does feedly search keeps track of my search history? Answer: The answer is no. The integration of the search result is perform directly on the client. Feedly does not track at all what keywords people search. The search integration component only tracks at the global level what percentage of users disable the search feature so that we get a sense of if it is valuable or not.