Scroogle was a Web service that disguises the Internet address of users who want to run Google searches anonymously.[4] Scroogle also gives users the option of having all communication between their computer and the search page be SSL encrypted.[5] Traffic has doubled every year and as of December 2007, Scroogle had passed 100,000 visitors a day.[7] Besides anonymous searches, the tool allows users to perform Google searches without receiving Google advertisements. It supported twenty-eight languages,[8] and was available as a browser plug-in.