G-Zapper>>> Did you know that Google stores a unique identifier ??

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John Jay Smith

Disclaimer... (this has a free edition there.. but I have not tested it yet)

http://www.dummysoftware.com/gzapper.html

G-Zapper Free Edition

G-Zapper Free Edition is free for unlimited personal use. Users may
install the software on all personal computers they own. Search cookies are
blocked from Google in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

G-Zapper helps you stay anonymous while searching Google.

G-Zapper is compatible with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP. G-Zapper requires
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0+ or Mozilla Firefox 1.5+.

Did you know that Google stores a unique identifier in a cookie on your PC,
which allows them to track the keywords you search for? They use this
information to compile reports, track user habits, and test features. In the
future, it is possible they could even sell this information or share it
with
others. If one Google cookie wasn't enough, some computers have several
installed.

G-Zapper helps you protect your identity and valuable attention data.
G-Zapper will read the Google cookie(s) installed on your PC, display the
date it was installed, and determine how long your searches have been
tracked. G-Zapper allows you to delete or entirely block the Google search
cookie from future installation
 
G-Zapper Free Edition

G-Zapper Free Edition is free for unlimited personal use. Users may
install the software on all personal computers they own. Search cookies are
blocked from Google in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
Click to expand...

Not sure how they can justify $20 for the professional edition when
neither version offers anything that you can't do with a couple of
clicks in the cookie control options of IE/Firefox.

There's also the wonderful CustomizeGoogle extension which can do this
and a lot more to actually make Google more useful...

http://www.customizegoogle.com/

Then finally, if you're that bothered about the OMG PANIC unique search
ID, use an interface to Google search that strips the cookie - Scroogle.

"No cookies
No search-term records
Access log deleted within 48 hours"

http://www.scroogle.org/scraper.html

HTH

Ben
 
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