pushy assholes

[rone]

So when and why did Google start passing or setting cookies for your query's top hit, before you actually click on the link?

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[wisn.livejournal.com]

Is that all it does? It sounds like something they could log themselves without having to cookie you.

[andrewhime.livejournal.com]

It was announced a couple of months ago that Google would pre-fetch the top hit if you use Firefox.

[crankysysadmin.livejournal.com]

This got talked about back in March (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/enhanced-searching-with-firefox.html). Google preloads the first site of your search in the background, cookies and all, on the assumption that you will click the first result.

[nixzusehen.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that they seem to track past queries and use them to up the scores on particular pages that contain those terms, even if you don't enter them explicitly.

[cheesetruck.livejournal.com]

aha so that's why.

Well, I did install the google ... thing. google fixer thing. For Firfox. I forget what it's called, it's an extension, and it fixes some things rather well.

Like the ads.

But yes that cache thing is ANNOYING AS FUCK