Fortunately, for all those of us who practically dislocated our shoulders from shooting our hands up so quickly, Joost de Valk has delivered an answer to our prayers by way of his Google de-Personalized Search plug-in that allows you to search Google from your Firefox or IE 7 toolbar and get de-Personalized results even while logged-in. Here's a screenshot of how the plug-in integrates into Firefox:
This thing works like a charm, folks. Get it, use it, love it. And a huge thanks to Joost for taking the time to make this tool, I'm sure I'm not alone in my gratitude.
Thx for the kind words Scott and everyone else :)
Seriously cool work, Joost! Thanks for providing the community with a practical tool. It may be a simple tool, but its the simple things that sometimes don't appreciated enough. (plus, I don't have to enter &pws=0 after each search either.)
Well, he did apply for our job position titled "Do you use your powers for good, or for awesome?"
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Sweet add on. It's really annoying turning it off and on, logging in and out, getting your hopes up and then realizing you are still logged in.
Don't have to worry about any of that now thanks to the Firefox add on. Haven't tried the IE7 one, but glad there's an option there too.
Hallelujah!
I have my desktop and laptop both set up in my office right now, to deal w/ the personalized search issue.
Big thumbs up for this add-on.
Yes, this plug-in will certainly simplify life for a lot of people.
Awesome plugin, thanks!
Thanks for the plugin, it was very annoying to have to keep login in and out.
I guess now google can also stop tracking what we are searching and why we are searching something. thanks for the addon
Does anyone know the command to enter into the url of google that will achieve the same result?
A Good add on. You save a day. Before when I was logged in I need to use other explorer like Chorme to check the ranking for my website, now I can just go ahead with the add on on the same firefox without logging out. You cool man.
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Spent ages playing with this trying to figure out what Google thinks of me...
That is a fantastic, add on. How many times have I thought "wow I have gone up a few spots on google" to realise that I am actually still logged in. Nice work.
I knew after seeing the query string to turn it off that it was only a matter of time before someone automated it.
Thanks Joost!!!!
A Good add on. Was searching sometime back for this type of add on. Also it's great the it works in IE7 too. Thanks for sharing it.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Also, if you're a developer you can also make your own search.
Now this is what I call useful information! If there was a difference in the size of thumbs-up we could give, this would get the biggest out there.
Thank you very much! Three cheers for Joost!
Ummm....I think I just dislocated my shoulder, do you have a plug-in for that?
This is perfect - thank you Joost!