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Google 'Account Activity' Jumps Into Personal Analytics

Posted by Soulskill on from the you've-googled-yourself-8%-more-this-month dept.

An anonymous reader tips news of a new feature announced by Google today: Account Activity. Writing on their official blog, Google's Andreas Tuerk said, "If you sign up, each month we’ll send you a link to a password-protected report with insights into your signed-in use of Google services. For example, my most recent Account Activity report told me that I sent 5 percent more email than the previous month and received 3 percent more. An Italian hotel was my top Gmail contact for the month. I conducted 12 percent more Google searches than in the previous month, and my top queries reflected the vacation I was planning: [rome] and [hotel]." You may remember from earlier this month that Stephen Wolfram began showing some of the extensive personal analytics data he has collected over the past 20 years.

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  1. +1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    +1

  2. Something married men should stay away from. by JustAnotherIdiot · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure your wife would love to know that you're looking for porn 5% more this month.

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    What do I know, I'm just an idiot, right?
    1. Re:Something married men should stay away from. by SniperJoe · · Score: 5, Funny

      If I'm looking at porn 5% more a month, she damn well knows why. She should be more concerned if my porn consumption drops to 0 unexpectedly.

    2. Re:Something married men should stay away from. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Pfft! Most women don't care if their guy looks at porn. They just want him to pick up after himself and not sit on the couch after work all night watching TV with his hand in a bag of potato chips.

      Wouldn't eating salty potato chips immediately before watching pr0n lead to... discomfort?

    3. Re:Something married men should stay away from. by gnapster · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, Dr. Phil strongly recommends structured parenting.

  3. Typos by Russ1642 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your typing was 12% better this month. Keep up the good work!