Google Has Gone 'Dark': The Search Giant Just Ended Its Free Data And People Are Freaki... - 0 views
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Emily Broadwater on 28 Oct 13AP Late this month, Google went "dark" in terms of providing publishers with free information on which words led people searching in Google to click on their sites. The move came as Google seeks to reassure users following the NSA/PRISM domestic surveillance scandal.
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Amanda French on 04 Nov 13Wow, I hadn't even heard about that, Emily. Terrific story. That's a bummer, though -- I use Google Analytics on some of my sites, though I probably should make more use of it, and it was always interesting to see what keywords people were using to get to my site. Sometimes the keywords were weird.