Not sure about Google

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Originally Posted by classicman

Google’s Results Get More Personal With “Search Plus Your World”

Whats up with this? Thoughts from the more computer savvy, please.
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Classic, that is a very interesting link.

But in a way, it appears to me as one of those "expansions" that
could eventually lead to downfall of Google's very success.
It has the same fragrance as the privacy issues of FaceBook.

I would like to believe all Google searches yield a "good faith" result,
based on some sort of scholarly derived algorithm.
But with the new Google+YourWorld, do I start worrying that may not be the case.

The idea is ridiculous of changing search results just because another
Dwellar- or FB- or Google-contact, visited Neiman Marcus or
my picture is in someone's Picasso file and Google's "facial recognition" is overly eager.

Another issue coming to my mind is among family members using the same computer.
Will my 8-yr old granddaughter suddenly get postings of my postings or postings from Dwellars ?
New code for the Cellar postings: NSF8yrolds

And, how many "pages of personal" results will take up screen geography.

One of my favorite sayings is: "There is a special hell for people who design packaging"
A corollary may soon be added for overly eager Google MBA software designers.

Or, maybe I'll just hit the "un-friend button" for the world.