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Google Adds News Personalization

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-doesn't-it-do dept.

downbad writes "ZDNet is reporting that the Google News home page is now customizable, allowing you to add or delete main news categories (such as business, sports and so on), as well as increasing or decreasing the number of headlines within a section. They've also introduced a feature that lets you create your own section using keywords for a topic that interests you."

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  1. wow by Momoru · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I know this redundant, but seriously MSN and Yahoo have had this since the late 90s. Google news's popularity despite having this functionality should have been the story.

  2. Finally by sapped · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Does this mean all the
    "Google is about to..."
    "Google is thinking about..."
    "Google is blah-blah..."
     stories can now be moved to the Google page and off the Slashdot page?

  3. I rest my case. by mshiltonj · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Slashdot *must* change its slogan:

    A post from 24 hours ago.

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