Google Toolbar Inserting Links Into Webpages

Bad, bad Google! The lastest version of the Google Toolbar, for Internet Explorer only, has the ability to insert links to other websites within YOUR site. This very page could have links we didn’t put there, if you are using the toolbar.

“Google notes that this feature, called “AutoLink,” makes it easier for users to look up certain information. It also is strongly reminiscent of a Microsoft gambit of a few years back in which the software giant planned to program Internet Explorer to automatically add its own links to others’ Web sites. Microsoft was forced to drop its “Smart Tags” feature after Web site owners and others complained.”

Going to be interesting to see how this plays out. Check out the full article at Personal Technology.