Indymedia Help with Search
Indymedia UK now uses a native search function.
Despite the questionable practices of Google many still use it as some users prefer the look and layout of actual Google page and other features. There are ways to set every browser to either block the Google cookie, anonymise or discard after session, and you may wish to do this with other sites where a cookie not need for functionality.
Disable your cookies for specific site such as Google.
Explorer 6.0 Tools - Internet Options - Privacy - Edit (near the bottom) - type in google.com - Block - OK - OK
Firefox 1.0 Tools - Options - Privacy - Stored cookies - highlight your google.com cookie - check Don't allow... box at bottom - Remove cookie - OK - OK
Opera 7.5* Tools - Cookies - highlight your google.com cookie - Delete - New - type in google.com - check Apply... - uncheck 3 Accept... - OK - Close
Netscape 7.1 Tools - Cookie Manager - Manage Stored Cookies - highlight your google.com cookie - check Don't allow... box at bottom - Remove cookie - Close
repeat for google.co.uk
Obviously this deals with only one aspect of Google and the like.
Commercial search engines that do not use cookies include ixquick.com & DuckDuckGo and another search engine which offers increased privacy setting is yippy.com; as alternatives to Google and Bing (Microsoft).
IMC UK, 14.03.2006 16:13