Hi all
I've noticed that often when I search for more info on something mentioned in a post on this forum, the first result in Google is the post I was just looking at.
This just happened again, Googling for a patent number that had been mentioned here just 12 hours ago. Yikes! within half a day a casual mention here is not only cataloged, but deemed more relevant than results from dedicated patent websites.
That inspired me to do a little test: I Googled a random phrase ("history being flung around" without the quotes) from a post only 2 hours old, and sure enough that post is the number one result.
WTF? Does Google have a dedicated crawler cataloging everything that gets posted here in real-time or what?
I've noticed that often when I search for more info on something mentioned in a post on this forum, the first result in Google is the post I was just looking at.
This just happened again, Googling for a patent number that had been mentioned here just 12 hours ago. Yikes! within half a day a casual mention here is not only cataloged, but deemed more relevant than results from dedicated patent websites.
That inspired me to do a little test: I Googled a random phrase ("history being flung around" without the quotes) from a post only 2 hours old, and sure enough that post is the number one result.
WTF? Does Google have a dedicated crawler cataloging everything that gets posted here in real-time or what?
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I'm not a net savy person, but maybe google is somehow using your browsers cache in conjuction with the search term. Try searching from a different PC that hasn't visited diyaudio before.
No. I suspected that as well, and repeated the test with a browser I never normally use (IE) and got the same result. I cleared cache, cookies and history just in case, although there was nothing diyAudio-related there anyway. Total clean sheet.
Looking at the other results and using the"history being flung around" quoted text as a search, it seems that's a very unique set of words. In fact, if you search specifically for "history being flung around" you get three results with diyaudio as the top result possibly because it's the most recent.
maybe the search results are influenced by the person who logs in...that way the pc does not matter, cleaning the cache, cookies...once you log in, they know who you are, and what you did on the web...scary
Let's not get too paranoid now 😛 Cookies are the way that google identifies you. If you clear it then you're no longer logged in to google.
Can't Google identify you by IP address, PC serial number etc.? It claims that 'personalised' search is a good thing. What that means is that you cannot assume that what you see on Google is anything like what others see. It tailors the search to what it thinks you are interested in, based on your search history. It seems to me that this makes it almost impossible for an individual to see where his own website appears in search results as seen by other people. I regard this as a spectacular own goal by Google, but they are too arrogant to realise this.
Huh? Why would anybody "log in" to a search engine? 😕
I didn't even know that was an option.
Google is now much more than a search engine. It wants to organise all your life. If you are under 30 you probably regard this as a good thing, as youngsters seem to move seemlessly from having their lives organised by their mum to having their lives organised by technology.
Yeah - "All your data are belong to us 
Don't worry, we won't show it to anybody (unless they ask nicely)"
I think I'd need a lobotomy before thinking it a good idea to store all my data on someone else's server or use their online apps.
Don't worry, we won't show it to anybody (unless they ask nicely)"I think I'd need a lobotomy before thinking it a good idea to store all my data on someone else's server or use their online apps.
Google can identify you by IP, but that's not too useful except for general location identification due to a few issues. PC serial number is not accessible to a web page. You can check to see where your own website appears in search results if you clear your cache/cookies or start an incognito/private browsing mode session in your browser. Failing that you can always VPN elsewhere and check that way.
not to the search engine...to the computer/windows, to the email/gmail...to the diy web page...you log many times, there is log in info on the computer...they know who is making the search
I don't want to freak anyone out but if you are interested in tracking check out "Keystroke Biometric Identification".
If you are a fan of foil hats... don't
If you are a fan of foil hats... don't
just for fun...I see today in the "advertise" header at diy page the add from the company making rubber stamps, which I did some search and order on line at work few days back
I am at home right now...
I am at home right now...
Nothing is freaking out. Back then during WW-II radio operators recognized each other listening to Morse codes.
I let my little BIOS battery die so everything I do is hopelessly lost in time, every program remains "recently installed", etc. It's amazing how this farkles everything.
I've also noticed diyAudio coming up high in my Google searches. I blame tracking, even tho my browser is pretty good about covering its tracks. (I get very few targeted ads)
Would be fun to test. Find some search term, we all search then have friends who have never visited the forums search and compare the results.
Would be fun to test. Find some search term, we all search then have friends who have never visited the forums search and compare the results.
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