Two new Google features (beta): Personalized Search and Web Alert |
Quiet for a little over a month, the Google labs kicks off Monday with two new features.
Google Personalized Search - this allows users to receive personalized search results based on a custom profile of interests. Update: I noticed that the customization page didn’t work quite right in Internet Explorer for me (the checkboxes weren’t showing up when I clicked the category links), so I switched to Firefox to test successfully. Personalized results only show up on the first page and a slider allows for adjusting the search results.
Web Alert - similar to Google News Alerts and also the third party service googlealert, providing notification of new web pages in a field of interest.
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If you’re curious what a personalized version of Google News might look like, take a look at Findory News. Findory learns from the news you read, searches thousands of sources, and finds articles that match your interests.
Comment by Greg Linden — March 29, 2004 @ 2:57 pm PST