AOL accidentally releases 3 months worth of it's search logs
Some of them are a tad disturbing...
"The big number on the left is an anonymous user ID AOL provided so advertisers or researchers or whoever's looking at the logs can track an individual account's search habits. Next to that is the search term used. The thing after that is obviously the date, and if you see a URL to the right of the date, that's where the user ended up clicking."
It's important to note that on page 3 of the link, one of the users went to b3ta.com. Check out what they were searching for...
( , Fri 9 Nov 2012, 13:23, Share, Reply)
Some of them are a tad disturbing...
"The big number on the left is an anonymous user ID AOL provided so advertisers or researchers or whoever's looking at the logs can track an individual account's search habits. Next to that is the search term used. The thing after that is obviously the date, and if you see a URL to the right of the date, that's where the user ended up clicking."
It's important to note that on page 3 of the link, one of the users went to b3ta.com. Check out what they were searching for...
( , Fri 9 Nov 2012, 13:23, Share, Reply)
some mighty fine spelling there!
Maybe its the same guy? He sure loves his seman and attacking girls
( , Fri 9 Nov 2012, 13:26, Share, Reply)
Maybe its the same guy? He sure loves his seman and attacking girls
( , Fri 9 Nov 2012, 13:26, Share, Reply)
As the previous head of web development for an (old) major search engine
I can attest to at least 30% of all employee time being spent on laughing at what people genuinely search for with seemingly no idea that everything they do is being tracked, back to their name, email and in many cases (we ran a free sms service too) their mobile phone number.
None of this is in anyway "news" but the person who leaked the records should be slapped.
( , Fri 9 Nov 2012, 13:28, Share, Reply)
I can attest to at least 30% of all employee time being spent on laughing at what people genuinely search for with seemingly no idea that everything they do is being tracked, back to their name, email and in many cases (we ran a free sms service too) their mobile phone number.
None of this is in anyway "news" but the person who leaked the records should be slapped.
( , Fri 9 Nov 2012, 13:28, Share, Reply)
They either profiled him, or he went deep into the results
b3ta isn't on the first 3 pages of AOL results for that search term.
( , Fri 9 Nov 2012, 14:48, Share, Reply)
b3ta isn't on the first 3 pages of AOL results for that search term.
( , Fri 9 Nov 2012, 14:48, Share, Reply)
Ah, Something Awful
This site makes me a little nostalgic for the old days of the web!
( , Fri 9 Nov 2012, 14:51, Share, Reply)
This site makes me a little nostalgic for the old days of the web!
( , Fri 9 Nov 2012, 14:51, Share, Reply)
2006... 2006...
...Wasn't that the hear Jonathan King turned up here?
( , Fri 9 Nov 2012, 15:02, Share, Reply)
...Wasn't that the hear Jonathan King turned up here?
( , Fri 9 Nov 2012, 15:02, Share, Reply)
You've spotted a hole in the market
Off to Dragons Den for you
( , Fri 9 Nov 2012, 18:36, Share, Reply)
Off to Dragons Den for you
( , Fri 9 Nov 2012, 18:36, Share, Reply)