Google Merges Google+ Into Search

SharkLaser writes "Google is today launching an update to their search engine. This update is intended to bring you personalized search results based on your Google+ friends, sharing, pictures and likes. They're calling it 'Search plus Your World,' and the update is going to automatically personalize all search results to a greater degree than before. These personalized matches will appear along your normal search results. For example, if you are searching for images of babies, Google will now personalize your search results and give high preference to baby photos from your Google+ circles. TechCrunch is speculating that over time they will also start adding search results from all the other Google services, including Google Docs, Gmail, Contacts, Music, Voice, wallet and so on. Today's launch also uses Google+ data for another purpose: helping you search for information about people on Google+. For example, if you are searching Google for 'music,' Google will now display relevant people and pages from Google+, like Britney Spears, Alicia Keys and Snoop Dogg." Update: 01/10 18:40 GMT by S : Changed the summary to reflect that the idea of adding search results from other services was speculation from TechCrunch, and not something Google said.

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Re:Please no

[TheGratefulNet]

here is how I am FORCED to use google.

I guy parts from the usual mailorder electronics stores (digikey, mouser, newark, etc). tell me WHY, then, when I am searching a site that is entirely a store and has zero need for 'banner ads' and such, is there outbound connects to google*something* (adservices or apis or some other subdomain of goog). that makes no sense to me! yet I've seen 'connecting to googleapis' or some crap like that during my ordering process.

I block all the goog domains I can in noscript and adblock. yet, for some reason, I'm on mouser.com and placing an order for transistors and some google connection is happening.

I did NOT CHOOSE this and I don't want it! nothing I was doing had any business with google, nor did they have any business knowing what the hell I'm doing. I did not search, I did not go to a google page, yet there were outbound connects from my browser to google during my parts purchasing session.

some day, I'll capture the stream to see what the hell is being asked for or sent. maybe google convinced the vendors that 'it will help them' somehow if they let google into their html stream. but damned if I can figure out why they'd do this! its like letting someone snoop in on a purchase of yours. its eery, almost! I did not ask for google to be part of that 'conversation' and they have no right being there.

I'm really hating google a lot, these days. deservedly so, too, I must say.