Comments on: Google Rolling Out Social Search (in Labs)

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:59:27 +0000

@Mike—you may know about the Mets, but I’m not Andy.

By: Marketing Recruitment

Marketing Recruitment — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:26:43 +0000

I’m not too sure if this will be heavily used or not, it’s a little like Wikipedia, I used to use it, but over time I’ve been given so much incorrect information, I now revert back to my Encyclopaedia Britannica – I think I’ll probably do the same with social search, except I probably won’t even use it to begin with.
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By: Mike Moran

Mike Moran — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:28:38 +0000

Ask me about the 1954 Mets, Andy. They didn’t exist until 1962, so their stats are very easy to remember. (See, some of your friends know some answers, but don’t ask me about anything but baseball.)

By: Luci

Luci — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:03:55 +0000

I'm not keen on the amount of personal information Google holds on me. For companies, I understand and I can see how it makes sense, but I don't want people being able to 'Google' me just because they're friends with me on Twitter or a contact on Gmail. .-= Luci´s last blog ..WordPress Plugins for Web Designers =-.

By: Nigel Legg

Nigel Legg — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:53:55 +0000

I’ve been worried about the amount of information google holds on everyone and every company for a while.

By: web design agency

web design agency — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:33:26 +0000

wow, super cool. I cannot wait, I am excited.

By: Norene

Norene — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:51:50 +0000

I agree — it doesn’t bother me much, at this point, what Google knows about me. -Norene
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By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:25:12 +0000

Should we not answer this in fear of bad ranking?

By: Jayson

Jayson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:50:22 +0000

I get a little annoyed sometimes with the results Google throws out based on what they “think” I might like, and wish that they’d do it only when I ask, but it’s their stuff that I use for free so, have at it Google.

Currently, I don’t really care what Google knows about me, I figure they track millions of people and that my data is just used to provide me with a better experience. That said, I may care one-day (it may be too late by then!).

As far as social search goes, 98% of the time, I’m sick of the social web and I don’t think I’ll find it too useful. I’m happy with search the way it is and would do fine with leaving it alone for a couple years. I understand that most people probably do like all the added features etc.., but not me.

I do like that it seems to be 100% voluntary. This would probably make me choose my friends carefully.