Comments on: What Are My Friends doing in My Google Search Results? http://cogdogblog.com/2010/01/30/google-social-search-2/ Alan Levine's space for barking about and playing with technology Sat, 26 May 2012 17:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pyesetz the Dog http://cogdogblog.com/2010/01/30/google-social-search-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73807 Pyesetz the Dog Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:44:03 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=4651#comment-73807 My analysis: the social-circle list is <a href='http://pyesetz.livejournal.com/92482.html' rel="nofollow">garbage</a>.  Google's data is out of date, miscategorized, and sometimes just plain wrong.  But maybe it's my fault for having so few friends. My analysis: the social-circle list is garbage.  Google’s data is out of date, miscategorized, and sometimes just plain wrong.  But maybe it’s my fault for having so few friends.

]]> By: Tony Hirst http://cogdogblog.com/2010/01/30/google-social-search-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73793 Tony Hirst Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:09:03 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=4651#comment-73793 Social search was out in experimental features some time ago, but now appears to be rolling out more widely. I've been holding out on blogging it till it appears naturally in my option sidebar - and it's still not there... One things I thing is quite creepy is how my friends friends can will be able to start influencing my search results... Which means if someone is an indiscriminate symmetric follower on twitter, for example, the crap they follow back could start to influence their "real" friends search results? Social search was out in experimental features some time ago, but now appears to be rolling out more widely. I’ve been holding out on blogging it till it appears naturally in my option sidebar – and it’s still not there…

One things I thing is quite creepy is how my friends friends can will be able to start influencing my search results… Which means if someone is an indiscriminate symmetric follower on twitter, for example, the crap they follow back could start to influence their “real” friends search results?

]]> By: Jay Cross http://cogdogblog.com/2010/01/30/google-social-search-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73779 Jay Cross Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:08:50 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=4651#comment-73779 Alan, I only found out about Google Social Search today. I'm trying to figure out how to take advantage of it. For the present, I'm hoping it doesn't make my fetishes public. Dachshunds, Tabasco Sauce, breasts, Ivan Illich, Joni Mitchell, and other secrets. Argh. (I'm not going to share the rest.) Alan, I only found out about Google Social Search today. I’m trying to figure out how to take advantage of it. For the present, I’m hoping it doesn’t make my fetishes public. Dachshunds, Tabasco Sauce, breasts, Ivan Illich, Joni Mitchell, and other secrets. Argh. (I’m not going to share the rest.)

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