Track SideWiki Comments by UserAgent?

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I'm sure by now you have read articles and posts about people using the [b]UserAgent GTB6 [/b] to track where "Might Be" a SideWiki comment.

Hundreds have tested this and some are still convienced this is the best method.

Actually you are[b] wrong[/b] if you think you are going to be able to track SideWiki comments via the [b]GTB6 in the UserAgent[/b].

At best you can create a session log that emails you a bunch of pages you need to manually check.

But that's not the real pit falls to using a UserAgent tracking system.
The Biggest issue you should think about is WHO is going to be posting Spam and Who is going to be posting comments.

If I was a spammer I'd do the following:
[b]>Start > Run > RegEdit
Search for GTB6
Delete the Entry
(It will be in this section HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent)[/b]

You'll see the GTB6 in the registry.

Once you delete the registry entry sites that monitor by UserAgent will no longer see you as a Google SideWiki Toolbar user.

But you will have all the features of the Toolbar just not the tracking part in your browsers useragent.

Try it out, feel free to post your SideWiki Test Comments here.

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