@vdouglas Hi Von, I think it's perfectly acceptable to use the persons name. Are you feeling you shouldn't use the name because we use the @ with the username to direct a response?
Jen

Hi Jen @sandytoes14 , No, you have just stumbled upon one of the other issues I suffer with called "Google Paranoia".

To make a long story short, I have had the feeling that i'm being watched by Google. Just an example, If I am looking for a lawn mower part on my home computer the exact part that I need, along with options and other suggestions, will pop up on my work computer and my wife's cell phone. I'm thinking, "how is it possible that Google can read my mind?". So I'm just being very careful about what I put on the computer, Google is watching.

I'm mostly just kidding of course but no matter how I try to explain myself it comes out sounding just like the above explanation. it was just a desire to be discrete. Time will probably help me get over it.
Thank you being so thoughtful to help me out with this J_n.

HaHaHa I know gOOgle is watching;-)Love this...you are making me laugh out loud!
Linda

@vdouglas

I understand, Von. Sometimes wonder if Big Brother is really Google!

@vdouglas You are welcome. Have you ever thought of searching in private mode?

Sandytoes14

Von (@vdouglas), I don't blame you a bet. Lots of search adware, malware out and about the Internet. Jen has a good suggestion to limit some of the tracking of what you are looking for, use private browsing. Here's a link to how to enable private browsing on any web browser: https://www.howtogeek.com/269265/how-to-enable-private-browsing-on-any-web-browser/

Here's another tidbit of info - Google tracks everything you do. Here's how to erase it.
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-history-search-tracking-data-how-to-delete
I'm not a big fan of continually seeing ads for days after I searched for something, especially when it's some technogadget I'm craving.

John

Thanks Jen so nice of you. I was mostly joking but I will check it out.
Von