Comments on: Who is tracking you?

By: Internet Strategist @GrowMap

Internet Strategist @GrowMap — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:11:43 +0000

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By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:52:12 +0000

I'm the same as you, John. Now that I'm doing all this article writing, Google and I have become fast friends. So, I just deal with the cookies. Mitch´s last blog post..SEO & Common Business Sense

By: John Dilbeck

John Dilbeck — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:21:12 +0000

Good morning, Mitch.

It looks like you were right.

I still believe that our individual efforts can make a difference, but I’m finding less evidence of that when we compare a few (hundred) (thousand) (million) individuals vs a globe spanning corporate giant.

I agree with you. For most people, if they don’t want to be tracked by Google and others, then deleting and/or blocking the cookies and web beacons is a good idea and probably won’t make much difference in their browsing experience.

However, for someone like me, who almost always has Google open in another tab and uses their webmaster tools, Adsense ads, and other things they offer, deleting Google cookies just is not a viable option.

BTW, I mentioned you in my latest blog post.

Act on your dream!

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:37:01 +0000

Hi John, I actually believed that back when you wrote your first post, and yet I still decided to opt out, though I knew in the long run it would be fruitless. However, something everyone can do is immediately delete all cookies after visiting Google. If you don't use Google all that often, it's not a big deal. However, if you do, and you like not having to put in passwords for all the other sites you visit again, just leave it alone. Mitch´s last blog post..Smoke Not So Much