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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. Call me when... by Bin_jammin · · Score: 0, Troll

    it automatically filters ads from search results, or at least lets me do it easily.

  2. Re:Google devotion by Simon+(S2) · · Score: -1, Troll
    their 'beta' email system is any better than anyone else's, that they are a benevolent company who love technology for it's own sake, that they are the future of the Internet, or indeed that they are trying to do anything other than maximise shareholder value by providing marketable web services.

    I completely agree with you. And let me add that google did nothing really new or innovating. Ever.

    - Email? was here before.
    - Maps? too.
    - News? old stuff as well.
    - Image search? Was already here.

    I can't really understand all this hype every time google makes a little change to one of their pages.
    --
    I just don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die.
  3. Re:Google devotion by lucabrasi999 · · Score: 0, Troll
    Would slashdot have reported this if it was Yahoo (or something else) which did this instead of Google?

    I predict that later today, Slashdot will announce that Google's Director of Marketing has eaten a Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich for lunch.