Archives Tag: Google Personalized
How to Disable Google’s SearchWiki Personalized Results
Joost wrote a great article on a few different ways to disable Google’s SearchWiki personalized results. http://yoast.com/disabling-searchwiki/ Also see this post on Google Groups if you want to do it via the URL only.
Full StoryGoogle Gets a Little Too Personal
Yesterday, Google released some news that they are going to be forcing personalized search to all users that are logged in. Wait, seriously? That sucks. I loved having the option of being able to see the SERPs (search engine result pages) without personalized search and being able to see it with personalization to it. This is a very bad move in my opinion because it will make
Full StoryThe Effect of Personal Results
A large majority of Google users are opted in for the Personalized Search (Beta) program right now. But what a lot of those users don’t know is that being opted in for this program actually hinders their search results.
I’ve taken a few screen shots to show you what I mean.
Read it on Your Homepage
The Google Reader team has released a nice widget so you can add your Reader feeds to your personalized homepage on Google.com. http://www.google.com/ig/directory?hl=en&url=reader.xml
Full StoryMore Customization with Google
Google customization just became a little more custom. Phillipp has the original article, but here are my two cents on it. This customization tool is unique to Google. I haven’t seen any other kind of search engine offer this kind of “homepage” customization and integration into your personal life. I can’t say enough about how much I love Google and what they are doing.
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