Answering the question "How do I keep what I search online Private?"

This is such a common concern these days, and while many 'experts' will recommend Anti-Virus software and Firewalls; I take a different stand.  These programs are commonly pawned off as a simple way to secure the entirety of your computer and it's internet connection.  Unfortunately, they really do nothing to secure your searches online, and there is really no 100 % security solution that covers everything.  If you really want to secure the activities you commit to online, then you should follow my latest article very closely. 

This article, also shown below, outlines the reality of the matter and what you really should do to secure your internet privacy. These methods certainly will increase in importance because of the threats imposed by upcoming laws such as the Protect IP Act and SOPA.

It is very understandable for someone to want their online searches and other activities online to be private. In fact, many people spend over 60 dollars just to obtain a license for security programs that attempt to block trojans and other security threats. However people forget that clearing web history and cookies is actually more important for search privacy, than any security program. Moreover, there are other ways you can protect your searches on google, yahoo, ask.com and other search engines. These methods are 100% free.

1.) Thanks to Google implementation of SSL into settings and profiles, you can now encrypt your google searches with the same security. Simply use 'https://' instead of 'http://' when typing google in, and add the word encrypted. Here is a direct link to Google SSL so you can see the example. Google SSL searches will scramble your data entries making it almost impossible for someone to spy on your searches.

--> https://encrypted.google.com <--

2.) You can also configure firefox and Internet Explorer to never save browsing history, and delete temporary internet files upon exit. These configurations will prevent the retrieval of your browsing history files and web searches. Firefox also offers plenty of add-ons that can allow you to quickly access the menus to delete your browsing history and data bits.

•       In addition you can manually delete temporary internet files by browsing to  
  C:\users\(yourusername)\appdata\local\Microsoft\Windows\TemporaryInternetFiles
  Then select all files in the folder by pressing CTRL + A - then drag to recycle bin.

3.) Finally, you can use an encrypted proxy server to secure all data routed from your computer to a search engine, and back. Proxies like morphium can secure your data and block unwanted ads from your visited sites.