Mon 26 Jun 2006
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Quite frequently when I am surfing the Internet, I’ll run across a website that has a google search bar right in the html (for instance - www.just-teddy.com). Everytime I see one, I always try and stay clear. Now, nothing against just-teddy’s blog as he is a trust worthy dude to some extent, but I won’t use the search bar just out of habit. The reason is I don’t know whats going on behind the scenes. Let me give you an example. Let’s say I’m reading some story on Teddy’s website about, oh I don’t know, him eating four bags of pork rinds and drinking a 12 pack of Zima. Well, lets say that it reminds me that I need to check and see if the money from my recent photo shoot at Handsome Kung Fu Body Builders Mag has hit my paypal account yet. Instead of typing in the url in my browser, I type paypal in his google search bar. What’s to say that little so called helpful search bar doesn’t send me to fake google page with a paypal link at the very top. And lets say when I hit the paypal link it also redirects me to a fake paypal site where I enter my credentials. Well, instead of being helpful, a visit to www.just-teddy.com has not only made me nauseous, but its probably cost me some cashola. My advice, just go to google.com directly, or use my cool new browser with its included search bar. Trust me :)……
The needle’s in the groove and the vinyl’s on the platter
I know that I’m fly man there’s no need to flatter
