Downloaded.

I always hated the idea of my searches being sold to some deodorant company. Any idea if it confuses the ads in GMail, too?

Not sure what you mean, Scoutdog. Do you mean "Ad tailoring" (ie how Google decides which ads you see?

Since that depends on a profile, then it would to some extent. You might have supplied that info to Google already. However, I don't know how over time this extension will affect that....

because: You will spend different amounts of time at the things on your searches. If Google, etc. work by measuring the amounts of time spent at various addresses, then it becomes more difficult to confuse them.

Also, you can run it as a stand alone in the background... that might help.

Bookmark!  Definitely a plus for google - I wonder if it works on google?

Considering Chrome builds a profile based on your browsing, it may not be as effective against them. Unless one were to use a variant of Chrome (such as Chromium or Comodo Dragon) that do not phone home to Google.

It ain't 'from' Google, Dr G - it's 'for' Chrome (& FF/Palemoon), though, and the fact that Google permits it to be D/L'd through their own store does make one wonder (just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not misbehavin').

I don't think Google actually has a real reason to be threatened by this. They want advertisers to use their database to target ads, but if the ads don't work it's not their problem. So long as advertisers think they work, Google is good. As long as this software is used only by a small group of people, it doesn't stand a threat to Google's appeal to buyers. And really, the people who use this use it because (for one reason or another) they don't like targeted ads, so its unlikely that those people will be clicking said ads. Plus, the thing works for almost all search engines, so it hurts Google's competitors (such as they are) all more-or-less equally.

Now, if Google understands all of that, or if they're just being boneheaded and/or sneaky... that's another story.

By the way, what happened to our avatars?

That's what I was thinking, it's one of the reasons why Google is pushing Chrome (OS).

Another good add-on is Ghostery which you can get for Firefox, Chrome, Explorer, Opera and Safari

More likely is the notion that as long as YOU the USER thinks you are now 'protected' then all is good.

Meanwhile Google still gleans the info, and only the OTHER engines are thwarted.

Sometimes monopoly has to be worked at.

This looks like a nice add-on... will append it to Firefox, not that I ever use Google search, but it'll help to confuse Yahoo Search.

For those who think that Scroogle is a lot better, I did a bit of research on that question.

While it operates like this:

and indeed does crumble cookies and strips off the ads (but keeps your IP data 48 hrs or less and doesn't sell it - it maintains) and the only one with access to its servers is the Scroogle guy himself, it's SSL is not the most secure possible, and neither is Google's.

Check the results of the Comodo SSL Analyzer tool test here:

Scroogle: http://tinyurl.com/3bcy9wy

Google: http://tinyurl.com/3spo6mp

If you don't trust me and the tinyurl, then don't click it.

I had scroogle installed but for some reason I had chrome settings all messed up randomly and sometimes chrome not opening problems. In the end it came so far that i had to rip chrome out and re-install it.

I was running 64 bit win but I don't see that should be a problem.

Anyone who wants a search engine which doesn't track you try DuckDuckGo , Read about it

I've been using it on and off, for some reason I keep going back to Google  ... Forgot all about it

I can't check it's SSL as it doesn't use it.... hum.

I understand - and agree!  Sometimes they ARE out to get you!