Microsoft IE Launches "do Not Track" Tool

[BlockO]

Microsoft Adds Do-Not-Track Tool to Browser - WSJ.com

firefox says it will soon do the same. will this affect traffic data, such as finding out which search terms or links potential customers used to find your site?

 

[STIBROKER]

Hummmmmm....interesting....

 

[RFNAPLES]

ie9 came out today!

 

[redsquash]

I made the mistake of downloading IE9...what a crap....Microsoft is acting weired, since it cannot compete with Google and Apple. It throws the weired stuff, just because it wanted to do something new.

I'm already researching how can I go back to IE7

 

[Alston]

Microsoft Adds Do-Not-Track Tool to Browser - WSJ.com

firefox says it will soon do the same. will this affect traffic data, such as finding out which search terms or links potential customers used to find your site?

I don't think that it will affect SEO unless it affects personalization of search.

I think this only affects behavior driven ads.

Here is how behavior driven advertising works:

You click on an Adwords ad. You visit xyzCarParts.com. Then at some later point in time you visit thisGenericSite.com. The second site displays adsense advertisements.

This second site, thisGenericSite.com, need not have any content related to car parts.

You might see an xyzCarParts.com adsense ad on the second site based on the cookie that Google put in your browser when you clicked on the ad for xyzCarParts.com.

You might see an ad for xyzCarParts.com on a site unrelated to car parts if you have visited other car parts websites in the past even if you haven't visited xyzCarParts.com.

Google is not the only company that sells behavior driven advertising, by the way.

 

[Fisher]

I'm already researching how can I go back to IE7

Firefox dude. For me, anyway.

 

[JCK818]

THe problem wih Firefox is, most of the P&C carriers only fully functino on EI. We have to use EI

 

[RFNAPLES]

THe problem wih Firefox is, most of the P&C carriers only fully functino on EI. We have to use EI

I use both: Firefox 3.6.15 when doing SEO and other site modifications, but prefer IE 9.0.8112 (sometimes in compatibility view) for most browsing.

 

[Fisher]

I d/l'd IE9 today. I uninstalled it 27 minutes later as MoO would not run properly on it.

I hate IE. Wish it wasn't a necessary evil for some carriers.

 

[RFNAPLES]

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