Unsafe links on major websites

v.laurie · 06. Sep 2011, 03:44 AM

Bill Pytlovany, the author of WinPatrol, has a post on his blog that is worth reading. It discusses how bad sites can buy key Google ad words like "WinPatrol" and mislead unwary surfers and how "legitimate" sites carry bad links in ads.

MidnightCowboy · 06. Sep 2011, 07:09 AM

Great post

Also worth pointing out that switching to the DuckDuckGo search engine mostly just removes stuff of no consequence anyway (compared to Google) and offers a choice to display WOT ratings in results without having to install this as an extension. No tracking either.

http://duckduckgo.com/about.html

wdhpr · 07. Sep 2011, 12:50 AM

I always thought that Google diluted my search results by showing hundreds of thousands of possible hits.
Took your advice MC about DuckDuckGO (IMO the name does it an injustice) but I am pleasantly surprised by the clean yet relevant results. It now resides in my search engine manager.

06. Sep 2011, 03:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
v.laurie Editor Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 202	Unsafe links on major websites Bill Pytlovany, the author of WinPatrol, has a post on his blog that is worth reading. It discusses how bad sites can buy key Google ad words like "WinPatrol" and mislead unwary surfers and how "legitimate" sites carry bad links in ads. __________________ Vic

06. Sep 2011, 07:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
MidnightCowboy Site Manager Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: South American Banana Republic, third bunch from the left Posts: 9,250	Great post Also worth pointing out that switching to the DuckDuckGo search engine mostly just removes stuff of no consequence anyway (compared to Google) and offers a choice to display WOT ratings in results without having to install this as an extension. No tracking either. http://duckduckgo.com/about.html __________________ Knows nothing and cares even less

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07. Sep 2011, 12:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
wdhpr Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The north Coast Posts: 1,117	I always thought that Google diluted my search results by showing hundreds of thousands of possible hits. Took your advice MC about DuckDuckGO (IMO the name does it an injustice) but I am pleasantly surprised by the clean yet relevant results. It now resides in my search engine manager.