Eric Vaandering wrote: > From the article (but who knows how accurate it is) it sounds like Netscape 6 > is sending all the search information to AOL which then redirects to the > correct Google URL, so that Netscape has access to all the information. > Netscape claims it's only to count hits so they can "charge" Google and that > they don't use (or save) the extra info they have access to. > > At least that's my reading of the article.
That's my understanding of it as well. Here's the URL that gets transmitted by Netscape 6. Search term was "test". I denied access to the AOL servers and then of course couldn't be redirected to Google: http://info.netscape.com/fwd/lksidus_gg/http://www.google.com/search?q=test&sourceid=mozilla-search Holger -- Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind. (Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man) Netscape 6 Tips: http://www.hmetzger.de/netscape6.html
