Let’s face it, you Google. I Google. My wife Googles. My parents Google. Everyone I know Googles. Most people Google a LOT. My wife is a pseudo Google-holic. If you have a Google account (i.e. Gmail, Blogger, Youtube, Picasa, Orkut, IGoogle, Google Anaytics, etc), Google keeps your search history. Everything you search for, including image and video searches is kept.
Click here to see your Google search trends.
From there, you can see your search graph detailing when you search. If you click on the “web” link of the dashboard, you’ll also see WHAT you search for.
I’m not sure what happens to all that information. I’m sure Google bundles it up and keeps some kind of statistic about what people are looking for. Maybe they even use it to help them create their year end Zeitgeist.
Regardless, if you want to keep your Google Footprint (Did I just coin that?) small, I suggest going through your Google Dashboard, removing any services you don’t use anymore, and certainly clearing your search history.
Not only should you clear your history, you should make it so your history is no longer remembered. You can do that by going to your History manager and pausing it. This will keep your history from being collected.
Good luck and let me know what you think of this post by commenting.
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Google and Verizon, Together at Last!
Google and Verizon announced today that they will soon be offering Android powered mobile devices through the mobile giant’s retail stores and online marketplace.
While this news is mildly exciting (Android phones ARE a lot cooler than any in Verizon’s current lineup), it brings with it a lot of speculation regarding the ever-elussive Verizon iPhone deal.
The Android phones are very powerful devices with many of the features adorned by the iPhone like touch screen, its own App store, wi-fi, and many more. Additionally, the Android phones afford the customers with features not available on the iPhone. The fact that it’s an open source platform allows for a lot of freedom in application development and how people actually use these devices.
Verizon is now on the offensive and AT&T is the underdog in the fight. Verizon is still seemlingly after the iPhone, though. It recently took off it’s gloves in an add campaign dubbed “There’s a Map for That” where they claim to offer customers 5x more coverage than AT&T.
Verizon’s deal with Google is a great move forward for the mobile giant. While it puts questions in the minds of those waiting for better to arrive on Verizon, it should be noted that Verizon is a company that stands to benefit a great deal from having the best phones around – something that Android could help them achieve.


