Comments on: Google Proposes AdWare & Spyware Guidelines

By: Anthony Cea

Anthony Cea — Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:05:42 +0000

Some one is looking into it, see the spyware pages at http://www.searchwars.squarespace.com

By: mark Henly

mark Henly — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 04:58:44 +0000

Nice info I have a new spyware scanner if anyone is interested http://spyware.removal.nospyx.com/free/spyware-scan/

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 27 May 2004 16:47:28 +0000

And you think that other companies (such ad Double-Click, Inc., Gator, and others) will obide by this. Google doesn’t own thos companies, and they have the right to disreguard Google’s “comments”. They aren’t rules, and it appears they may not fallow them as well.

By: Robert Wilkins

Robert Wilkins — Thu, 20 May 2004 20:06:21 +0000

Wow, I didn’t know that about Google. It seems that what they are proposing applies to everyone else, but doesn’t apply to Google. The old saying, “DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO” seems to apply with them. I think the issues are clear, but it is up to the person downloading software to carefully read the download license agreement to fully understand what they are getting with the download and not put the blame on everyone else. I did install the Google toolbar sometime ago, and I noticed that my Search button in Internet Explorer defaulted/changed to Google, even though I uninstalled the Google Toolbar it still defaults to Google and stayed there in my Internet Explorer… but it is “OK” for Google to do that, because why you might ask? ….. it is because they are “Google” and they are allowed to do that just because they are Google, and everyone else that does something similar is considered “evil” as Google puts it. Amazing. Amazing.

By: Michael O'Toole

Michael O'Toole — Thu, 20 May 2004 04:19:45 +0000

Amazing how Google would propose this. They are planning to bundle their toolbar with Real Networks real player, the king of all spyware/adware. Also they partner with Ask Jeeves which now owns all of those MyWebSearch Adware toolbar installing programs, like smileycentral, popswatter, etc. Also during the install of the Google toolbar it automatically defaults to change your URL search to Google, (in small print) I guess what they are proposing is that other companies not do adware/sneakware but it’s ok for them. I wish people would look into this and expose them.

Mike

By: Search Engines Directory

Search Engines Directory — Thu, 20 May 2004 04:15:26 +0000

This is a good move by google and it will definately help the users and netizines