Only recently have I come to accept toolbars as something quasi useful. Previously, the trouble they caused more than outweighed the benefits.

A web page on how Google works has me considering recommending the installation of the Google toolbar on all local computers (~3,000) with seeded bookmarks, cache, and temporary files for our web sites. Also, were we to offer a package that would seed the bookmarks for employees and clients, then we could see tremendous increases in our ranking.

[Click through rates] may now be monitored through cache, temporary files, bookmarks and favorites via the Google toolbar or desktop tools. Many have suspected for some time that sites are rewarded for good CTR with a raise in ranking.
Great Site Ranking in Google The Secret’s Out

Ugh. Probably down the road Google will figure out a way to make that appear to be people abusing the system and heavily dock us…. 🙁