Olivier Duffez takes a look at Google's changing of its Toolbar Checksum Algorithm.
Google has just released a
http://www.prweaver.com/
  
- With the last version (2.0.114), the checksum is 62294342280
  
- With the new version (3), the checksum is 7163426257
Tested URL: http://www.prweaver.com/blog/
  
- With the last version (2.0.114), the checksum is 6831794505
  
- With the new version (3), the checksum is 791700217804
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I have noticed that the new checksums begin with '7', whereas the checksum of toolbar v2 begins with '6'.
At the time I'm writing this post, I can't find yet any other blogger reporting this change. I'm sure there is already a new crack somewhere on the web...
Why do you think Google is changing its checksum algorithm?
Olivier Duffez is an SEO consultant specialized on Google. Working on the Internet since 1997, he created in 2002 Web Rank Expert. He created an book about Google and SEO in 2004. He's also part of the developpment team of Agent Web Ranking softwares.
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