Re: Personalise THIS!- and spin around...



"Big Bill" <kruse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> when I see the new(-ish) text up in the top right of the Googs page
> suggesting I make it my personalised home page a la Yahoo I'm reminded
> straight away of just how much personal info they seem to be gathering
> already through the toolbar and desktop tools. It makes the whole idea
> of Google-Watch seem not just feasible but necessary. In seeking to
> control the provision of information Google are creating a very
> powerful tool and the worry has to be, while Serge and Brin are
> arguably benign, what will their kids be like? What use will future
> generations put the Google behemoth to?
> I really don't like the idea of personalised search anyway. Fine with
> the long-tail concept the way Amazon use it, making suggestions
> (particularly for me of course as it means I may be able to expose my
> music to a wider audience, one that would welcome for it), but even if
> there were an on-off button you'd never know if it were really off,
> would you? I've already stated that Google's like the search
> equivalent of monosodium glutamate in that you walk away from it with
> a nice taste in your mouth but you haven't really been fed nutrition.
> I don't like the idea I can only get search answers that Google, or
> indeed anybody else, thinks is good for me.
>
> BB
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> www.kruse.co.uk/ seo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The buffalo have gone
>

yeah i always use 3rd party email etc when signing up for things and hate
'spywareesque' apps on my peecee - they should sack off personalisation and
ask "what are you looking for: shopping / products or services / academic /
news / IT - that way everyone would be able to find what they want.

mark



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