Google to block referrer data for logged in users

[joe.pistell]

...Sadly I don't think there is any easy way to regulate what Google is doing?!

IMO, as Google squeezes it's audience, it fuels a grassroots push back. Somewhere out there, if the grassroots complaints grow high enough, Congress will step in.

This cycle of total market dominance followed with congressional action has happened MANY times before. Railroads, Steel Companies and most recently, the breakup of AT&T.

Won't be long before Google will take over MSFT's role as the most dis-liked high tech company.

 

[Chris Cachor]

Won't be long before Google will take over MSFT's role as the most dis-liked high tech company.

Agreed! Emulate drug dealers by giving away free, then squeeze when you got them where you want them! Wish they were a privately held company still.

 

[Chip Grueter]

Sadly I don't think there is any easy way to regulate what Google is doing?!

This will do it, in your robots.txt file :

User-agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /

However that would take a global adoption for it to actually work, and not at all likely to happen.

Chip-

 

[joe.pistell]

This will do it, in your robots.txt file :

User-agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /

However that would take a global adoption for it to actually work, and not at all likely to happen.

Chip-

Chip,

For product searches, SEO is pushed so far down the page, we're not far from Google = Disallow SEO ROI