Anything happening at Google?

Torakx

Ok so i was trying to do asearch on google this morning and it kept giving my google.ie instead of com. I dont know really if this changes your results its just i prefer not to get local news unless i am looking for it,so have always used .com for searches.
Well it seems something has changed because i cant even get onto google.com anymore.Its checking my ip i think and putting me back to .ie every time.
I was wondering does anyone have any more info on why or what that means.
I thought it was interesting because i am expecting more of a censored internet for the general public sometime soon and this appeared to be for me at least a hint of things to come.

Maybe this is significant, not sure yet as i have not researched anything on it yet.I will be back later today and will try to do so.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html

G_R

i can search on google.com....

enno99

This has been happening to me for about a week on and off
it was showing the city under the search bar

dont show the city now just has the side bar

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/spring-metamorphosis-googles-new-look.html

Zombienosh

google.com just redirects me to google.ie

Edit: found the link to go back to google.com

thecommander

Second last line on google.ie page, last link.

Go to Google.com

humanji

I think this started happening around 2008 or so. I saw a fix for it online:

There is a way and I just solved this issue,

go to your hosts file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

open the file with administrator's privileges

and add the following entry at the end of the file and Save it.

74.125.127.100 www.google.xx (xx your extension according to your country)

one done, try www.google.com with IE, it will always open the English website.

I don't know if it works though.

Gordon

Just click on "Go to google.com" on the bottom right of the front page. It automatically redirects you to the irish site to give you more appropriate content, but allows you to use .com if you like.

Afaiu as long as you keep your cookie from google it will default to .com if you click that.

Torakx

Thanks everyone for the fix.I was on a date with a pretty hot lady today^^ so havent had the chance to look into it.
Thought enno might of thrown in a ct aswell
The google name change i found interesting anyway.I wonder could i find a ct if i look hard enough

enno99

Torakx wrote: »

Thanks everyone for the fix.I was on a date with a pretty hot lady today^^ so havent had the chance to look into it.
Thought enno might of thrown in a ct aswell
The google name change i found interesting anyway.I wonder could i find a ct if i look hard enough [/QUOTE

LOL
Sorry to dissapoint you
I think I have enough CT,s banging around in my head to last me a lifetime

But apart from the ceo being a globalist (regardless what he says about bankers) chairing a Davos meeting with all the big boys.

Any suggestions where we should be looking

Torakx

I just thought it significant that google would change its name with the amount of money its worth.
Maybe they sold it secretly or something ^^
Probably nothing in there out of the usual corperate stuff though.
Was thinking along the lines of internet 2 etc

Di0genes

Torakx wrote: »

Thanks everyone for the fix.I was on a date with a pretty hot lady today^^ so havent had the chance to look into it.
Thought enno might of thrown in a ct aswell
The google name change i found interesting anyway.I wonder could i find a ct if i look hard enough

Thats just telling to your POV you want to see to see a CT and seek one out, and voila you found one.

Torakx

Di0genes wrote: »

Thats just telling to your POV you want to see to see a CT and seek one out, and voila you found one.

that was the joke in the comment you qouted
Im not ignorant of those types of fantasies.iI can though ussually tell the difference between enjoying the search and reality.

Di0genes

Torakx wrote: »

that was the joke in the comment you qouted
Im not ignorant of those types of fantasies.iI can though ussually tell the difference between enjoying the search and reality.

Perhaps you should stop assuming or looking for the conspiracy, for fun or paranoia, you should examine the actual facts. Hundreds of Irish people work for Google.

Torakx

I know what you mean.But there are no facts to a Ct because it was a question to others if there was one going around regarding the google corperation.
Im sorry for you if it was offensive but i havent accused anyone of anything yet.

enno99

Di0genes wrote: »

Perhaps you should stop assuming or looking for the conspiracy, for fun or paranoia, you should examine the actual facts. Hundreds of Irish people work for Google.

So what are we jeopardizing their jobs in any way ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpLNlSKugHw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wPydsgvbTQ

Bringing Google, Facebook, Twitter Together: Third Party Login Grows Rapidly in 2010

http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2010/04/trends-peer-pressure-is-all-th.php

Schmidt was asked in an interview on CNBC whether Google's users should treat the search engine as a "trusted friend." Schmidt's reply was, in part, "Judgment matters.[...] If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place, but if you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines — including Google — do retain this information for some time… it's important, for example, that we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act and it is possible that all that information could be made available to the authorities."[30][31]

On the other hand, Schmidt's lawyers requested Blogspot remove a blog by Schmidt's ex-mistress to protect Schmidt's right to privacy


Looks like you wont be able to have a piss without the spooks knowing

enno99

Check this out I found over on We are change Ireland

http://www.wearechange.ie/?p=265#more-265

Spokeo.com

Di0genes

enno99 wrote: »

Check this out I found over on We are change Ireland

http://www.wearechange.ie/?p=265#more-265

Spokeo.com

I love how after your paranoid rantings about facebook and google, you link to a site that invites you to login using you facebook or google account.

bonkey

Di0genes wrote: »

your paranoid rantings about facebook and google,

Bit extreme, don't you think?

enno99

Di0genes wrote: »

I love how after your paranoid rantings about facebook and google, you link to a site that invites you to login using you facebook or google account.

Fancy giving your email address and we can see what your really about

Di0genes

enno99 wrote: »

Fancy giving your email address and we can see what your really about

I'll show you mine if you show me yours! :rolleyes:

enno99

Di0genes wrote: »

I'll show you mine if you show me yours! :rolleyes:

LOL

Paranoid rantings aside are you comfortable with this type of site?

Did you check out your email ?

They are still develpoing this site as far as i can see

Di0genes

enno99 wrote: »

LOL

Paranoid rantings aside are you comfortable with this type of site?

Did you check out your email ?

They are still develpoing this site as far as i can see

Have you even attempted a cursory check on this site?

Though the way Spokeo gathers information is not entirely inappropriate, the service some pay for may be a scam. For the past few years, tech blogs, and even Snopes, have reported that the information gathered by the aggregator is often inaccurate. Because of the number of people with a given name and the use of pseudonyms and plays on names some use on social networking sites, as well as the fact that many people have more than one email address, the information collected by the aggregator doesn’t necessarily get filtered to represent the correct person. A TechCrunch writer in 2006 attempted to use the site for the social networking tools it claimed at that time only to find that it couldn’t pull her MySpace information, it pulled someone else’s, even though she was giving it her exact information to do so.
Spokeo has been aggregating information for years, though the warning emails only started circulating recently. Starting as a way to stalk your friends, it’s now the site to stalk strangers. However, whether you get what you pay for and whether you can actually be removed is debatable, leading many to call the site a scam. It is likely that it just isn’t well designed.
How do you keep your information private in the age of aggregator sites? Be aware of the privacy settings on your social networking sites. Don’t put up any information or pictures you don’t want public. When in doubt, don’t post it.

http://www.helium.com/items/1798624-what-is-spokeo

Much in the same way I don't write my pin number on my bankcard. Or use the same password on all my accounts, or have my home address written on my house keys, I don't put personal information on social networking sites.

Pretty simple a site like spoeko can only trawl through the material that is already publicly available about me, or information I choose to share.

enno99

Di0genes wrote: »

Have you even attempted a cursory check on this site?



http://www.helium.com/items/1798624-what-is-spokeo

Much in the same way I don't write my pin number on my bankcard. Or use the same password on all my accounts, or have my home address written on my house keys, I don't put personal information on social networking sites.

Pretty simple a site like spoeko can only trawl through the material that is already publicly available about me, or information I choose to share.

Yes I checked my daughters email and it brought up her facebook photo and says she is a member of 4 social networking sites
Which is correct I asked her

She has this email address since she was about 12 which disturbs me

As for the article you referenced to any idea of the date it was published

Di0genes

enno99 wrote: »

Yes I checked my daughters email and it brought up her facebook photo and says she is a member of 4 social networking sites
Which is correct I asked her

She has this email address since she was about 12 which disturbs me

As for the article you referenced to any idea of the date it was published

By using spoeko you're actually helping them gather data about yourself and your daughter.

In fact by demanding they remove you from their database they now have a current and correct e-mail address for you.

Spokeo isn't doing something amazing or sinister or even particularly difficult. Provided they have a starting off point anyone vaguely competent or computer literate could find out what social networking sites your daughter is on given her e-mail address.

enno99

Di0genes wrote: »

By using spoeko you're actually helping them gather data about yourself and your daughter.

In fact by demanding they remove you from their database they now have a current and correct e-mail address for you.

Spokeo isn't doing something amazing or sinister or even particularly difficult. Provided they have a starting off point anyone vaguely competent or computer literate could find out what social networking sites your daughter is on given her e-mail address.

why do you use a user name on this type of site to keep your identity private
Who has access to your email on the boards?
Can you be 100% certain your email is secure
If a mickey mouse site like this can gather this much info on someone
What type of package can the likes of google put together on you and who will they give access to it?

thecommander

enno99 wrote: »

If a mickey mouse site like this can gather this much info on someone

If I type an email address into search on twitter or facebook it returns their profile. Theres nothing new or big going on other than it automates the process for multiple social media sites.

Darlughda

Torakx, I was in stitches at your admission that you had a hot date and were therefore befuddled by the new google setup.!

Everheard of honeytraps, matahari et al? Best be on yer guard mate, I could be resurrecting the New World Order Women thread one of these days with potential secret agents who seduce those who are onto them!:pac:

Torakx

Darlughda wrote: »

Torakx, I was in stitches at your admission that you had a hot date and were therefore befuddled by the new google setup.!

Everheard of honeytraps, matahari et al? Best be on yer guard mate, I could be resurrecting the New World Order Women thread one of these days with potential secret agents who seduce those who are onto them!:pac:

You had me in sticthes!
It went well enough actually so its quite possible she is indeed an agent....im thinking Edward Norton has also been checking my mail.