I want to pay for Google
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I want to pay for Google
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Re: I want to pay for Google
#2I get the no ads part - but this article is ignoring that tracking tools may be an essential component of search engine effectiveness.
Re: I want to pay for Google
#3I hate web page bloat as much as the next guy, but is it really true that “analytics gobbletygook” is “pushing the size of a typical web page up to 1 MB”? The Google Analytics code is less than 500 bytes and loads a JavaScript file that is 32 KB. Analytics is a fairly small part of the problem.
Re: I want to pay for Google
#4Something that most people miss is that at least part of what makes Google search so good (and Bing for that matter) _is_ the tracking.
Without the ability to track some user behaviors the quality of the search results would be impacted.
For example, if you click on a link and then immediately hit Back and perform a different query, you can infer that the link wasn't all that useful.
I don't like the idea of Google being "creepy" either, but I'm gladly willing to send them at least some of my data if it means I can get a better experience.
Re: I want to pay for Google
#5Something that most people miss is that at least part of what makes Google search so good (and Bing for that matter) _is_ the tracking. Without the ability to track some user behaviors the quality of the search results would be impacted. For example, if you click on a link and then immediately hit Back and perform a different query, you can infer that the link wasn't all that useful. I don't like the idea of Google b…
Yes, but that specific example (in-session behaviors) is fine. What I don't like is linking that with the contents of my Gmail etc