Comments on: What Google Knows (That You Don’t)

By: Adam Riemer

Adam Riemer — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:21:41 +0000

Thanks Linda. I have a new article launching each week here and you can also visit my site for other topics and articles as well. SEP has been a great resource for me and I am very happy to be able to write for them. =0)

By: Linda Carmical

Linda Carmical — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:44:03 +0000

In reply to Adam Riemer.

Thanks for all the info and direction Adam! I have my work cut out for me and tons of reading to do now. Really nice post and I’ll be back often!
🙂
Linda

By: Linda Carmical

Linda Carmical — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:41:07 +0000

In reply to Linda Carmical.

Ruud! Always a pleasure to see you! I will most definitely be digging around this site and learning everything I can. I have no doubt I’ll find the help I need to get my sites where I want them. Don’t be surprised to see me here a lot. I may just be your biggest stalker soon! 🙂

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:47:44 +0000

In reply to Adam Riemer.

I know Adam but I love the browser so much 🙂 went open source and rock melt for a while but google chrome itself updates much more often,much faster.

The block list add on is a curious initiative of Google if ever I saw one.

By: Adam Riemer

Adam Riemer — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:55:20 +0000

Hi Linda,

Thanks for the nice words. Bounce rates are fun to play with. You can test everything from the design to the load time and more to get it there. You can use sprites for images, etc… You can also survey as people are leaving if they are a bounce. Tons of things you can do.

I wouldn’t be afraid of the Google Toolbar. If you use google or they cookie you, or you visit sites where you get cookied, or have other toolbars where Google can buy information from you are giving them the info anyways. Read the EULA if you want to know what they are seeing or looking for.

Ruud,

Chrome has the blocklist feature, imaging if 10K+ people block your site, could do some serious damage to major brands that provide horrible customer service, etc… Chrome can provide a ton of data to Google as well without us knowing it. Possibly even more than the Toolbar.

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:22:29 +0000

In reply to Linda Carmical.

Linda, good to see you again! Always a pleasure to have you comment.

In general I’m pretty relaxed with what web companies know about me. I use Google Chrome and am so very very happy with that browser. Imagine what they know about me 🙂

Bounce rate, eh? There are a couple of articles on the site you could have a look at.

By: Linda Carmical

Linda Carmical — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:15:38 +0000

Very nice post Adam and very useful. I had the toolbar but uninstalled it because I thought Google just knew too much with me having it. My paranoia comes from a previous employer who was a freak about hiding everything he was doing from Google and Matt Cutts. lol I’m starting to relax a bit on my fear of Google and I’ve been thinking of reinstalling it. Eh, if I don’t like it I can always uninstall again, right?

For me, now that I’ve ventured into using Google Analytics, my focus is the bounce rate on my site. I’m not feeling the love from my number. 😉 I’ll be showing it some extra attention to see if I can’t bring it down to a number I like. lol