Lee Odden of TopRank recently wrote Google’s Matt Cutts on the issue of Google using user toolbar data as a search engine query result algorithm ranking variable. Lee’s questions were as follows: 1.

There has always been rumors that Google used the data they get from the Google Toolbar to discover new content, outside of the normal crawling or sitemaps method. But those rumors have been debunked ...

Many SEOs have long believed that Google uses data it collects from the Google Toolbar to influence search results. Now Google has finally confirmed it. What search activity are they using? Google ...

A search toolbar released in collaboration between Yahoo7 and Qantas rewards users with frequent flyer points in return for monitoring their web activity. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr ...

Jason Weber is suing Google over how the Google Toolbar in the past sent data to Google even while the toolbar was turned off. The suit was filed on November 5th by Webner and his attorneys, KamberLaw ...

The recent launch of Google Trends for Websites was just a dress rehearsal. The real product that it is based on is Google Ad Planner, which the company announced today. Google Ad Planner is built for ...

Google's Toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox serves as a gateway to a variety of software services provided by the search giant, many of which require a user to ...

Google, owner of the world’s most popular search engine, was accused in a lawsuit of violating users’ privacy rights because its toolbar software allegedly transmits their Internet activity to the ...