Throw the Mind [dot] Com » Google http://throwthemind.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:50:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 I want to be Sara Neale http://throwthemind.com/2010/09/07/i-want-to-be-sara-neale/ http://throwthemind.com/2010/09/07/i-want-to-be-sara-neale/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:15:32 +0000 Nathan http://throwthemind.com/?p=2047 A (dead to me) friend wrote a post where she looked up the results of “I want to be x” in Google.  Reading this post I noticed that she searched for herself.  So I thought I would make her feel good and have at least one result come up.

I want to be Sara Neale

You’re Welcome

Tags: , ]]> http://throwthemind.com/2010/09/07/i-want-to-be-sara-neale/feed/ 1 5 Years and 1 Day of Search History http://throwthemind.com/2010/04/21/5-years-and-1-day-of-search-history/ http://throwthemind.com/2010/04/21/5-years-and-1-day-of-search-history/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:52:52 +0000 Nathan http://throwthemind.com/?p=1077 I had to use Google’s search history today, and realized that it has been logging my search since April 20th 2005.  I made a post after year 2 and year 3, got a little lazy last year, but I’m back with an update this year.  Here is the info on my Google Search History Trends page for All Time.

  • Total Google Searches: 29337
  • Top queries: “3409 Governors Dr SW, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama 35805 (1st shop address)”, weechat, movies 35802, ubuntu
  • Top sites: en.wikipedia.org, ubuntuforums.org, maps.google.com, dev.mysql.com, wordpress.org
  • Top clicks: wordpress.org, TiddlyWiki, Net-Twitter, Gallery,Ubuntu Home Page
  • Monthly search activity Hi/Lo: 2987 in Jan, 2177 in Jul
  • Daily search activity Hi/Lo: 4967 on Tue, 3509 on Sat
  • Hourly search activityHi/Lo: 2526 at 3pm, 2 at 5am

It looks like I finally made a couple searches in the 5am hour.  After looking at those two searches, I can tell that happen during our trip to St. Louis.  Also since this is kind of a post about how much Google knows about me, here is a list of all the Google products I use.

  • Android Phone
  • Gmail
  • Reader
  • Search History
  • Talk
  • Alerts
  • Maps
  • Analytics
  • Voice
  • Wave
  • Accounts
  • Docs
  • Youtube
  • Calendar
  • FeedBurner
  • Latitude
  • Checkout
  • Groups

Tags: , ]]> http://throwthemind.com/2010/04/21/5-years-and-1-day-of-search-history/feed/ 0 3 Plus Years of Google Search History http://throwthemind.com/2008/07/25/3-plus-years-of-google-search-history/ http://throwthemind.com/2008/07/25/3-plus-years-of-google-search-history/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:45:05 +0000 Nathan http://throwthemind.com/?p=452 Yesterday someone brought it to my attention that I had made a post last year about my search history.  Then I remembered that I had yet to make a post this year.  I can only go back as far as 6/4/05 which it a little over 3 years ago.  Here some of the info on my Google Search History Trends page.

  • Total Google Searches: 18475
  • Top queries: digg, ubuntu, trillian, aapl, gmail
  • Top sites: en.wikipedia.org, dev.mysql.com, digg.com, wordpress.org, thescripts.com
  • Top clicks: http://iphone.fiveforty.net, TiddlyWiki, extension mirror, Trillian, WeeChat
  • Monthly search activity Hi/Lo: 1976 in Jun, 1216 in Nov
  • Daily search activity Hi/Lo: 3127 on Tue, 1399 on Fri, 2353 on Sat
  • Hourly search activityHi/Lo: 1770 at 3pm, 0 at 5am

In the past year I believe Google has been saving more search history, because I have doubled my total searches since last April.  Google has been saving map searches as well as good searches, all this added together I believe is what has brought my search total way up this year.  If you didn’t notice I still haven’t searched during the 5am hour.

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TechCrunch also mentions MySpace may be working on an extended OpenID for their Data Availability program.  This is all well and good, but if we start using OpenID for data portablity, doesn’t this need to be build into the standard of OpenID, not as an addon by spacific companys?  If MySpace uses OpenID for their Data Avilability program then I’m going to guess I will need to use my MySpace OpenID to have access to this data and if thats the case, who is next?  Yahoo!, Google, Facebook…this list goes on.  Now I have ten different OpenID’s just so I can have access to all my data.  BOO!

I say if you are going to be a OpenID issuer then you also need to support OpenID logins.  Otherwise your only hurting the other people like me who want OpenID to secceed.  MySpace, Yahoo!…ect stop leaving one let in the water, get on board or swim with the fish, you choose.

Tags: , , , ]]> http://throwthemind.com/2008/07/21/worthless-openid/feed/ 0 Gmail Tags http://throwthemind.com/2008/03/19/gmail-tags/ http://throwthemind.com/2008/03/19/gmail-tags/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:10:34 +0000 Nathan http://throwthemind.com/index.php/2008/03/19/gmail-tags/ I recently started using my Gmail account for lots of things, and I have began to notice that quickly finding things has become harder and harder.  Why hasn’t Google implemented some kind of mail tagging system.  I know we have labels but I can’t easily create labels on the fly.  Gmail needs a tagging system kind of like del.icio.us

Tags: , ]]> http://throwthemind.com/2008/03/19/gmail-tags/feed/ 0 Google Reader Watcher http://throwthemind.com/2007/07/10/google-reader-watcher/ http://throwthemind.com/2007/07/10/google-reader-watcher/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:14:31 +0000 Nathan http://throwthemind.com/index.php/2007/07/10/google-reader-watcher/ I have been using Google Reader for about a year now, and I love it.  It is the best web based RSS reader out there.  A few months back I ran across a Firefox extension Google Reader Notifier.  This had proved to be a great extension for showing how many items were unread in my RSS Reader.  Then about a month ago the developer update and broke the extension.  It just wasn’t reliable anymore.  So I went on a search for a another extension, and what I found was even better.  Google Reader Watcher does the same thing but uses SSL for its connection.  I must recommend this extension for all Google Reader users.

Google Reader Watcher

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Tags: , , ]]> http://throwthemind.com/2007/05/08/stylish-google-reader/feed/ 0 2 Years of Search History http://throwthemind.com/2007/04/20/2-years-of-search-history/ http://throwthemind.com/2007/04/20/2-years-of-search-history/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:34:20 +0000 Nathan http://throwthemind.com/blog/2007/04/20/2-years-of-search-history/ While reading my RSS feeds today, I noticed a news story stating that Google has updated their Search History page. Now you can have Google store info about every site you visit, with their “Web History”. So this got me thinking about my search Histroy. Since I use the gmail extension in Firefox, I am always logged into my Google account, thus making all search history available to Google. Two years ago today was the start of “Search History” for Googgle. Here are some of my stats. Mind you I almost never use any other search website.

  • Total Google searches: 9646
  • Top queries: digg, extension mirror, putty, gmail, trillian
  • Top sites: en.wikipedia.org, digg.com, dev.mysql.com, wordpress.org, www.uah.edu
  • Top clicks: The Extensions Mirror, PuTTY: a free telnet/ssh, WordPress › Blog Tool, Digg / News, VLC media player
  • Monthly search activity: 1111 in Jan, 1017 in March, 911 in April
  • Daily search activity: 1713 on Tue, 1399 on Fri, 1339 on Sun
  • Hourly search activity: 880 at 3pm, 857 at 4pm, 814 at 2pm

I find some of this information amazing. I guess I didn’t know how may times I needed to find something on Digg, or get the program putty. Also as an interesting fact, I have never made a search in the 5am hour. Search can be useful but, have I given Google to much information about me?

Here is a list of Google Products I use, or have used.

  • Gmail
  • Reader
  • Search History
  • Talk
  • Alerts
  • Maps
  • Analytics
  • Notebook
  • Personalized Homepage

Each of these products stores some kind of info about me. I’m sure I’m not the only person that Google has this kind of information on. There are probably thousands of people that have the same if not more personal information on Google’s servers. With this kind of information, can Google be considered “Good” or “Evil”? They have yet to do anything substantial with this information, but when they do, will it be a good thing?

Tags: , ]]> http://throwthemind.com/2007/04/20/2-years-of-search-history/feed/ 2 Thinking About Going to London England http://throwthemind.com/2007/03/29/thinking-about-going-to-london-england/ http://throwthemind.com/2007/03/29/thinking-about-going-to-london-england/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:16:14 +0000 Nathan http://throwthemind.com/blog/2007/03/29/thinking-about-going-to-london-england/ So I was thinking about going to England the other day, and thought I wonder how far it is from my house.  So off to google maps I went.  Searched from my zip to London, and this is what I got.   Notice number 19, “Swim across the Atlantic Ocean.”  Do they really think a fat guy like myself could actually swim across the Atlantic.  Come on Google, you should know that.

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