Google has just pushed a redesign that shouldn't be a dramatic change for most users (though I'm not terribly thrilled with the new look). What I am thrilled about is this new Google Personalized Web Search. The basic idea is that you tell Google what your interests are and then you can control how much influence those interests have on the ordering of the Google search results. This has some real potential. I'd love to see an "upload bookmarks, browser history, or blogroll" mechanism added to the personalization section that allowed me to add some weight to sites I already consider good resources.
Posted by asa at March 29, 2004 11:41 AMalthough i liked the idea of having my results personalized, i think the algorithm is way too aggressive at the moment to provide "personalized yet logical" results.
I wrote a whole piece about it at http://www.guttervomit.org.
Posted by: luis on March 29, 2004 07:32 PMluis, and anyone else reading, if you see a reply from me that seems rude or unreasonable, it's probably Alex, our resident troll, who has nothing better to do with his life than to try to disrupt the discussions here. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of a comment on my weblog, please email me at asa@mozilla.org and I'll set things straight.
Posted by: Asa Dotzler on March 30, 2004 11:32 PM