It really gives me the creeps when I search for something and a couple of days later I start getting spam trying to sell that thing to me.
“The problem is that in branching out, Google has also abandoned its core principles and values.”
Actually, they’re RETURNING to their values.
The founders have stated in interviews in the past that they stole computers from a university loading dock - that they knew were destined for another department - in order to test their search technology theories.
They’ve always been slimy jerks. They just managed to hide if from everyone for a while.
When you're done using google, or before a search, delete their cookie. I use safari, and Safari Cookies (mac) makes this very easy.
You can use Duck Duck Go which is a search engine that doesn't do any tracking. It also uses https, secure encoding on your search, which google doesn't do unless you tell it to.
Duck Duck Go also has some cool tools
* Disclaimer- I have no affiliation with DDG, a programmer friend recommended it to me and his other friends as a google-alternative
Google is evil.