travelin_cat - 3:17 pm on Jan 4, 2007 (gmt 0)

For everyone on a Mac:

To ping toolbarqueries.google.com, launch the Network Utility application found in Applications>Utilities

then select the Ping tab, enter toolbarqueries.google.com in to the window, make sure to send only 10 pings, not unlimited (no need to upset the big G) and hit "Ping"