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by dhruvasagar 5612 days ago
Monitoring users clicks over the web is not the same as monitoring users clicks on a competitors web site (google search results).

The whole point of generating 100 unlikely search terms is the fact that these wouldn't be items that exist in any web page on the web. Hence if one searches for them it should not return any results!

How is monitoring people's clicks on google's search results not copying ?

On a different note, I am of the opinion that this practice is acceptable, only as long as one acknowledges it. The fact that M$ is not, to me is appalling.