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Alan Waddington · 10-10-2003, 08:40

Maybe they are just putting a toe in the water to see how people react.

If this is extended to categorising the types of search people make, then this could be used as a marketing tool. Google would know the types of Advert most likely to be of interest on an individual basis.

One could then theoretically make a google driven Adserver, which by using the same domain, could access the cookie with your identifier & allow third parties to generate targeted Ad's.

This is just me rambling on. There is no evidence they intend to do this.

10-10-2003, 08:40	#18
Alan Waddington Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Farnham Posts: 503	Re: google spying on you ? Maybe they are just putting a toe in the water to see how people react. If this is extended to categorising the types of search people make, then this could be used as a marketing tool. Google would know the types of Advert most likely to be of interest on an individual basis. One could then theoretically make a google driven Adserver, which by using the same domain, could access the cookie with your identifier & allow third parties to generate targeted Ad's. This is just me rambling on. There is no evidence they intend to do this.