Scroogle
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| languages | German and 27 others |
| operator | Public Information Research , Inc. |
| editorial staff | Daniel Brandt |
| Registration | no |
| On-line | April 24, 2003 (currently offline) |
Scroogle was an online service that acted as a proxy for the Google search engine . Scroogle protected the privacy of searchers by preventing the recording of user activities. In particular, Google logging and long-term storage of user activities using cookies or IP addresses were avoided. Otherwise, this data gave the group the opportunity to draw conclusions about the personality of the user based on the search terms entered and the links on the results pages.
The Scroogle proxy was SSL- enabled and hid advertisements on the results pages. 28 languages were supported for search; a Scroogle plugin was available for Mozilla Firefox . According to the company, the server logs were deleted every 48 hours and the search queries were not saved on a user-specific basis.
The site was created in April 2003 by Google critic Daniel Brandt, who disagreed with the collection and analysis of information about user behavior by Google. The rights belong to the non-profit company Public Information Research Inc. , which also operates Google Watch .
On July 1, 2010, Scroogle switched off its search service for a few days; This was justified with a change in the Google interface.
The site has not been available since mid-February 2012 after Google started blocking the service shortly before. Scroogle founder Daniel Brandt confirmed to BetaBeat.com that Scroogle will no longer go online.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ PIR Staff Box . Retrieved June 25, 2008.
- ↑ a b WHOIS - scroogle.org . Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 25, 2008.
- ↑ SSL version of the page . Archived from the original on February 2, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- ↑ a b Scroogle homepage . Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- ^ David Stonehouse: Searching for gold . The Age. June 18, 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- ↑ Die Zeit : Anonymized Google search via Scroogle is blocked February 15, 2012
- ↑ BetaBeat.com: Scroogle, Privacy-First Search Engine, Shuts Down for Good February 21, 2012
