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Not surprisingly, President-Elect Obama took first place in the United States' fastest rising general searches, with former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin taking seventh. Interestingly enough, though, Palin was the fastest rising search globally, while Obama was placed at number six. The Beijing Olympics also held a place in both the US and global rankings, taking eighth and second, respectively.
These findings, according to the New York Times, bring up questions of personal security in the Internet age and demonstrate the degree to which Internet surfers give away facts about themselves.
| Yahoo! | |
|---|---|
| Windows Live | |
| AOL | |
| I don't use any of those sites |
"It would be very scary if we could play back every search we made," West Point professor Lt. Col. Greg Conti told the Times about Google's analytical tools. "Those can be tied back very precisely to an individual."
That being said, though, Professor Conti concedes that relinquishing personal details is just part and parcel of using the Internet, a sort of payment for ostensibly free services. And with Google's introducing more easily personalized features, it follows that Google analysts will be privy to more personalized information.
"There's really no solution now -- except abstinence," he admitted to the Times. "And if you choose not to use online tools, you're not a member of the 21st century." [From: Google and the New York Times]
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Subscribe to commentsLizDec 11th 2008 8:33AM
I would think some of the top words would be coupon, free or discount given the crappy state of the economy. I used to use google to find discount codes at my favorite stores until I found a coupon site that gave me the codes and money back.
I am definitely a bargain shopper and do a lot of my shopping online
to save money on gas, use less gas and not pay tax most of the items and use coupons. I shop at all my favorite stores through an online website that gives me the unpublished codes at about 300 stores (including Target, The Gap, Best Buy, Old Navy, Drugstore.com, etc)
as well as giving me between 5 and 50% back in cash on my purchases.
The site is http://www.fatcrumbs.com I am being good to the
environment and great to my wallet
tese42sDec 11th 2008 10:55AM
Why can aol delete legitimate opinions in a fraction of a second and let these advertisements for nude pictures stay for everybody to read?
patDec 11th 2008 10:19AM
Who is Jessica Simpson ????
zipDec 11th 2008 10:12AM
Fleecing of America by dishonest politicians ,leaving the law abideing tax payers not even peanuts.Corruption pays off for those proclaiming to be holy men and women of God,including church leaders.