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googlesystem.blogspot.com - 1/19/2009

Google Preferred Sites

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Preferred Sites is a new experimental feature for Google Search that lets you personalize the results by adding a list of sites you want to appear more often when you search. Based on your search history, Google suggests some frequently-visited sites, but you can add any other site. The help ...

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google.com - 1/18/2009

Preferences : Preferred sites - Web Search Help Center

— google.com — About preferred sites The preferred sites feature lets you set your Google Web Search preferences so that... your search results match your unique tastes and needs. Fill in the sites you rely on the most, and results from your preferred sites will show ... (more) Preferences : Preferred sites - Web Search Help Center

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techcrunch.com - 1/18/2009

Why Google Employees Quit

— techcrunch.com — In 2008 Google HR set up a private Google Group to ask former employees why they left... the company. We’ve been forwarded what appears to be authentic posts to the thread by a number of ex-Googlers, which we reprint below minus identifying ... (more) Why Google Employees Quit

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Will "Google Web Drive" Launch in 2009?

— blogoscoped.com — When asked to make a wish list for Google in 2009 , many of you said you... wanted the legendary “GDrive” product to be released. Being the most eagerly anticipated Google product ever, with rumors literally going back years, could new ... (more) Will "Google Web Drive" Launch in 2009?

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Google Preferred Sites Experiment
Google Blogoscoped — ... Ionut reports of an experiment Google shows to a portion of the users. In this experiment, Google’s preferences page lets you add sites that you prefer to see in results. “Based on your search history, Google suggests some frequently-visited sites, but you can add any other site,” Ionut says. ...

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TechBlog — ... - Expect to see more sites offering free - but legitimate - access to tunes. • Google Preferred Sites - Choose which sites appear more often in results. Also ...

Google Asks: Where Do You Want To Search Today?
Mashable! — Google has a new experimental feature, rolled out to a portion of users: Preferred Sites. If the feature is enabled for you (it’s not for me), you’ll find it in the Preferences. It lets you choose sites which you want Google to search more often (if, of course, they’re relevant to your search query). Personally, I don’t see the point of the feature, and I don’t like personalization of search. Right now, if your friend is looking for something online, for the most part ...

Google Introduces Preferred Sites
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — ... Alex Chitu of the Google System blog did some experimenting with the new feature and found very interesting results. The most interesting result came after adding IMDb and the New York Times to his Preferred Sites. ...

Google Testing “Preferred Sites” Search Customization Tool
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... or you could add in www.inquisitr.com/category/tech and include only the site’s tech stories. Preferred Sites is considered an experimental feature. It can be activated via the Google Preferences page when you are signed into your account. Seems on-par with the recent SearchWiki customization tool Google unveiled back in November. Unlike SearchWiki, though, at least this one won’t clutter up your screen unless you choose to activate it. (Via Google Operating System) ...

Google Testing “Preferred Sites” Personalization
SitePoint — ... According to Google Operating System, Google is testing a new search customization option for select users called Google Preferred Sites. If you have access to the service, you’ll find the option on your ...

Roll Your Own Google: Customize Your Search Results With 'Preferred Sites'
ReadWriteWeb — Alex Chitu from the Google Operating System has found a new experimental feature for Google Search: preferred sites. Thanks to this, you may soon be able to tell Google about your favorite sites and have them appear more often in your search results. If you like to get your movie data from the IMDB, for example, you can tell Google to prefer this site over other movie review services. This feature would also be very useful if you want Google to prefer results from your local newspaper over stories from national papers, or if you want to see product reviews ...

Power to the people or insulation of the incumbents?
GMSV — ... , and it lets you create a list of sources that will show up higher and more often in the results of your relevant searches. If, for instance, you have a handful of sites on which you’ve come to rely for movie reviews or science stories or whatever, add them to your “preferred” list and you won’t have to do as much sifting through the results when you search on those subjects. Says Google, “You can be as specific as you like when adding preferred sites. For example, you can add the entire CNN site at http://www.cnn.com as a preferred site, or you can add http://money.cnn.com ...

Google Preferred Sites Customize Search Results with More of What You Like [Google]
Lifehacker — ... will increase the likelihood that a Lifehacker post will appear in the first page of search results when you search for something. According to Google Operating System , the feature isn't available to all users (including this editor). If your account is one of the lucky ones, let's hear how the feature works for you in the comments. (Photo via ...