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Google Offers Personalized Search

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who-is-this-google? dept.

Ryan Barrett writes " Google is just overflowing with news today. Along with the recently announced UI redesign, they've launched a personalized search engine on Google Labs. It's still beta, but it looks pretty cool. (Note that it probably uses technology acquired when they bought Kaltix last year.) Other announcements include Web Alerts, a 'numrange' command, and image search built into Google News."

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  1. 3 Google stories in one day? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, and the day isn't even over yet. When's Slashdot ever going to get a Google icon?

  2. Re:I only have one wish,,, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    duplicates filtered, messages ordered by date, and indexing by subject.

    That's three wishes.

  3. Interesting concept by Dark+Paladin · · Score: 4, Funny

    I might have to fire up Mozilla or IE, since it doesn't support Safari just yet.

    But I could see where this could be useful to me. Right now, my only problem with Google is that it returns too many results. By letting it know I'm not interesting (usually) about sports, religion, and other issues, I can start to specify what I want. And if I need more general, that's what the slider is for.

    Nice idea. Be interesting to see how they handle things (like can I make an "account"), and then there's the privacy issue. I don't mind Google sells the data in a generic sense, as in "people interested in Clark also research political books" or some such, as long as they don't say "John Hummel has a fetish for Swedish schoolgirls with giganticly think eyebrows".

    'Cause if that information got out, man would my face be red.

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    1. Re:Interesting concept by AaronStJ · · Score: 2, Funny
      "John Hummel has a fetish for Swedish schoolgirls with giganticly think eyebrows".

      'Cause if that information got out, man would my face be red.

      Don't worry. I don't think anyone wants to know about that.

      I feel dirty now.
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      Stupid like a fox!
  4. Can't personalize to the degree I want! by Faust7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Okay, so the categories are:

    Arts/Cinema
    Business/Industries
    Computers
    Health
    Home
    Kids/Teens
    Music
    News
    Recreation
    Science
    Society
    Sports
    Regions

    There should be a subcategory of "Porn" under each and every one of those.

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    The coolest voice ever.
    1. Re:Can't personalize to the degree I want! by corbettw · · Score: 4, Funny

      Kids/Teens

      There should be a subcategory of "Porn" under each and every one of those.

      You are a sick, sick man.

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      God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
    2. Re:Can't personalize to the degree I want! by finkployd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Kids/Teens

      There should be a subcategory of "Porn" under each and every one of those.

      Pete Townsend? Is that you?

    3. Re:Can't personalize to the degree I want! by Krojack · · Score: 4, Funny

      They're anticipating for when the USA invades and takes over Canada =)

  5. My Preference Not listed by ralf1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Place hard core lesbian porn at top of search" really should be an option.

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    "Would you, could you, with a goat?" Dr Seuss
    1. Re:My Preference Not listed by Carnildo · · Score: 4, Funny

      You know, in the context of your post, your sig takes on entirely new worlds of meaning!

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      "They redundantly repeated themselves over and over again incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid.
  6. Re:466453 = Google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hmm... I wonder if some 1337 H4X0R already took 600613...

  7. Needs more constraints by polyp2000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmm ... There are no options to remove SCO or Microsoft from the results :(

    nick ...

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    Electronic Music Made Using Linux http://soundcloud.com/polyp
  8. Oh my god! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    you /.-ed google, you bastards!!!

  9. Re:I only have one wish,,, by hoist2k · · Score: 2, Funny
    I wish Google would fix their searching of mailing lists. I would love to see duplicates filtered, messages ordered by date, and indexing by subject.

    and a pony, of course.

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    Turns out that cute girl's A|X t-shirt didn't mean AIX. Who would've thought?!
  10. Re:Region Search - No Canada! by gnu-generation-one · · Score: 2, Funny

    "OK. So how do I choose Canada?"

    "Polar regions"

  11. Re:This looks cool, however.... by eclectro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Note the disclaimer on labs.google.com that says......they may disappear without warning or perform erratically.

    In other words, "we're about to get slashdotted".

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    Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
  12. Re:Region Search - No Canada! by tgd · · Score: 4, Funny

    You sure its not listed as one of the states? ;-)

  13. Re:This looks cool, however.... by David+Hume · · Score: 3, Funny

    Choices are great


    Except when choices aren't great. :)

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    Only Women Bleed (Sex, Sharia remix)
  14. Re:Region Search - No Canada! by akiaki007 · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's probably under the individual states of United States. I'm guessing right before Puerto Rico. :-P

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    "Time is long and life is short, so begin to live while you still can." -EV
  15. Re:Is this filtered? by st0rmshadow · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sorry, all I got from that sentence was hand reviewed naked porn sex.

  16. Re:This looks cool, however.... by Dynedain · · Score: 3, Funny

    In other words, "we're about to get slashdotted".

    Anyone have the link to the google cache?

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  17. Re:I only have one wish,,, by heim913 · · Score: 2, Funny

    duplicates filtered

    Maybe slashdot could license this technology?