I’m very surprised that other webmasters and bloggers haven’t caught on to this and started asking more questions. This is definitely something that should be questioned.

On almost every Google search I make, on my computer and on other people’s computers, and on computers elsewhere around the USC campus, at the bottom of the results page, I see the ad for GWA:

Google is heavily promoting Google Web Accelerator now. Although the program has been around for a year, they have never promoted it this heavily. It appears with virtually every Google search (every Google search I’ve seen, anyway). They don’t even bother to check if you already have GWA: I still see it all the time, despite the fact that I’ve been using GWA for almost a week.

With all of this promotion, there must be millions of users installing GWA now. It works with both Internet Explorer and Firefox - that covers nearly the entire web population. Further, you might think that the program is more mature now. It’s not. I’m having major problems with websites I use, particularly ones with private accounts and sign in info. GWA can delete your account. It’s true - I’ve seen it firsthand - and I’m very worried.
They are also tracking almost every click in results pages (redirecting them through google.com). This is a major concern to me. It is a huge breach of privacy. I am very, very surprised that people are letting Google get away with this. If I saw some kind of “Stop GWA” campaign, I would probably support it. If anyone is with me on this, please, start something. We should speak up.