Shaddows - 11:09 am on Feb 4, 2009 (gmt 0)

Sorry to ask a dumb question, but does ajax NECESSARILY produce a fragmented URL (of the form www.google.com/#q=search+term), or is it a matter of implementation?

Re: Paid Vs Free analytics, surely G would be in more trouble for forcing people to BUY their product rather than use a free tool?

Whitenight, you know how I hate to disagree with you, but frankly Google only needs searchers. Eyeballs mean prime advertising space, and hence profit. If you choose to opt out of Google's index, then fine- but everyone knows thats commercial suicide.

And anyway, I'd be surprised if they didn't produce an API that worked as advertised so 3rd party analytics could continue, if only to avoid the monoloplistic abuse allegations that so tainted the MS brand. That said, its one more thing to reach for the tin foil over.