When I clicked on this article from this FPP, I got 3 Google text ads, 2 of which are directed at personal information about me. So I signed out of Google, cleared my cache, history, cookies, etc., and clicked on the link again. Same ads. How? [more inside]
posted by desjardins on Sep 4, 2009 - 27 answers

How does google image search find untagged people in a Picasa web album? How can I make it stop? [more inside]
posted by emmykm on Apr 1, 2009 - 11 answers

Many moons ago, when I was naive and young, I left an embarrassing trail of incriminating Usenet posts. I had Google remove them from their archive but, forward a few years, they're back! How can I get them deleted for good? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 18, 2009 - 15 answers

Why has Google taken over my computer (and the mind and soul of my workplace printer)? [more inside]
posted by iced_borsch on Feb 4, 2009 - 3 answers

Help me hide my blog from the Googlebots. [more inside]
posted by hamster on Nov 17, 2008 - 6 answers

CorporateOverlordFilter: Does Google already know the winner of the next election? [more inside]
posted by ga$money on Sep 3, 2008 - 15 answers

Why is my Wordpress blog showing up in Google when I have specifically chosen the option to keep it private from search engines? [more inside]
posted by Drohan on Jun 21, 2008 - 9 answers

How can I prevent Google from tracking my visits to web sites that use their services (Google Analytics, AdWords, etc.)? [more inside]
posted by Ø on Jan 24, 2008 - 10 answers

Google's personalized search and privacy question: [more inside]
posted by IndigoRain on Sep 15, 2007 - 4 answers

Whenever I'm actively browsing the web, I like to keep a tab open to my Gmail account. But I don't particularly want my Google searches to be linked to the Gmail account. Is there any way to prevent this?
posted by box on Aug 11, 2006 - 15 answers

What benefits Google by collecting your private data? [more inside]
posted by blueplasticfish on Mar 15, 2006 - 7 answers

Does it bother you to click on Yahoo! links and unexpectedly see your Yahoo! name on the screen because you prefer to store your Yahoo (enough with the exclamation point already) password in a cookie? [more inside]
posted by mono blanco on Dec 18, 2005 - 19 answers