http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4631924.stm

I zap my Google browser cookies but now I learn from the recent news
that Google tracks every inquiry I made including my IP number. I
guess there's no way to prevent it.

As I'm on cable and my IP address hasn't changed in months then
Google can reliably track my interests, habits, preferences, shop
sites, etc etc. I have nothing to hide but I'm not sure I want
Google to keep all that data about me.

What good alternatives are there to Google as a regular search
engine?

Yahoo and Alta Vista are a great alternative, give them a try, you
probably won't see any difference on a basic search. Alta Vista gives
a language and search area preference right on the search page .




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"WM" blackmail.demand@google.eu wrote in message
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What IP address - these are normally negotiated on a per session basis.

Guess what Google don't even want to give this to Uncle Sam!

In uk.telecom.broadband "(admins) privacyoffshore" <privacyoffshore@operamail.com> wrote:
Err, what?
You really believe that neither of them logs ID?

The only way to do completely anonymous searching would be to use an
internet connection you can't be tied to in any way.

Basically, if you pay for it, you're almost certainly leaving some
trace.

Are fixed on broadband/not dynamic

WM wrote:
MSN?

Let's face it, you are wanting a 'free' service, you have to expect to
give something back. Failing that bookmark your favourite URLs and never
use a search engine. Might be limiting, but you go through a proxy and
you'll be fine.

"WM" <w_masters@dummy-entry.com> wrote in message
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Some search engines:-
http://uk.altavista.com/
http://www.hotbot.co.uk/
http://www.lycos.co.uk/
http://uk.yahoo.com/
http://uk.ask.com/
http://www.mirago.co.uk/
http://www.ukplus.co.uk/
http://www.webcrawler.com/

These are general search engines, there are specialist search engines as
well.
Regards Mike.

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ability" (David Brent).

WM wrote:
They _all_ keep records, Google, so far, are the only company refusing to
pass the records to the US government.
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:39:54 +0000 (UTC), "R. Mark Clayton"
<nospamclayton@btinternet.com> wrote:

Define "normally".

MANY ISPs give fixed IP addresses as standard with broadband accounts.

And even where they are theoretically dynamic, people who leave their
router on all the time will usually keep the same IP address, even
through reboots, for several months at a time.
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:53:04 GMT, WM <w_masters@dummy-entry.com>
wrote:

Do you really think they will do so?

Quite a few, but I expect they all record very similar details to
Google, and being smaller will have fewer records overall for yours to
be a needle in a haystack.
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"(admins) privacyoffshore" <privacyoffshore@operamail.com>
wrote in message
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I've been using Yahoo recently, but one thing I can't find on it that was
useful with Google is the facility to search again within results. Anyone
know if Yahoo supports this and if so how to do it..?

Ivor

WM wrote:

Don't use google. Problem solved.

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"Alex Heney" <me8@privacy.net> wrote in message
So US gov. has a list of what it was and where is was...

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 00:15:19 +0000 (UTC), "R. Mark Clayton"
<nospamclayton@btinternet.com> wrote:

Only if you have used other (US based) search engines than Google.
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"WM" <w_masters@dummy-entry.com> wrote in message
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Just go here - http://proxify.com/ then Google cant track you - easy.

Just to prove it, go there, then from there, go to www.myipaddress.com and
see the results - it wont be your address it sees!

Sparks...

Alex Heney wrote:

I did two searches on ADSLguide. Everything the same except for IP:
Dynamic IP: 21 ISPs Static IP: 23 ISPs

Some offer static as a free option, some charge a one-off fee, some
charge a monthly extra, and others simply don't offer static anyway

How 'sticky' a dynamic IP address is, is another matter, depending
on the ISP.

But as we already know, plenty of users have USB modems as supplied
by their ISP and therefore have a high likelihood of switching off
when the PC is off, or if not in use, the USB might 'go to sleep'

WM wrote:

I often use www.metacrawler.com - brings in results from Google,
Yahoo, Ask Jeeves and MSN. Peter M.

"(admins) privacyoffshore" <privacyoffshore@operamail.com> wrote in message
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Alta Vista, yes, Yahoo, no
According to some articles, yahoo gives what the gov wants.
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"WM" wrote:
Try the Google scraper at http://www.scroogle.org/

Dialup IPs are per session, not DSL or Cable. Besides, they have logs too.
donnie.