Google Query String

mir · Jun 8, 2008

"http://www.google.com/search?q=lebgeeks&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:official&client=firefox-a"

Data Collectors !

what does ubuntu,my browser n the other data sent have to do with my query ? what is the relevance ? do they show different results if i was on windows ?

a simple "http://www.google.com/search?q=lebgeeks would do the same"

battikh · Jun 8, 2008

that's the query yo uget when you used the search box in forefox. that's because firefox receives a percentages of the revenues of adds comming from seraches made threw this box. so it's probably used to know that the search was made from which browser to pay them accordingly.

samer · Jun 8, 2008

I noticed that i'm getting more mac-related things when i query things on a mac.
Interesting article – Google as Big Brother

Here's what i get when using safari:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=test&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

and when using firefox :

http://www.google.com/search?q=lebgeeks_owns&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

mir · Jun 8, 2008

euh... well stupid me

i thought of that a time ago ... but i figured the answer that battikh said .. .but somehow i forgot that this was the answer

sorry google.. i will keep googling from the firefox bar :)
i activated search history in google just to see how much i google and what i google and trends and such
and oh.. god.. i do google a lot.. nice support for firefox

thanks samer for the link, i will read it

and i wonder.. would anyone share his google query strings frequency and habits ?

samer · Jun 9, 2008

would anyone share his google query strings frequency and habits ?

I had that feature enabled a few years back. It was interesting, but I felt it invaded my privacy, so I 'deleted' the data (but you can never know if G actually deletes it)