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I see way more links about Mahalo on Hacker News than to Mahalo on Google Search. When I search for a topic for which a Wikipedia ranks highly, I see articles
by madair 17y ago
I see way more links about Mahalo on Hacker News than to Mahalo on Google Search.
When I search for a topic for which a Wikipedia ranks highly, I see articles that link to wikipedia.org.
Like many people here, I search, perhaps, hundreds of times per day. (Hmm, that's a stat I should keep).
Something smells fishy.
- stingraycharles 17y agoLike many people here, I search, perhaps, hundreds of times per day. (Hmm, that's a stat I should keep) Don't worry, Google already does that for you: https://www.google.com/history/ https://www.google.com/history/
- ableal 17y agoI visited that link for the first time. Had to go through the intro page with the two big green buttons. Chose the "search history" button (not the All Web, with toolbar). My history page was completely empty. Then I tested one search (in another window). Refresh history page, there it is. So it was off before, clicking the button had turned it on. I deleted that history item, then clicked the "pause" link on the side-list. Was informed that no history would be collected until I clicked "resume". TL;DR: if going in for the first time, hitting a button on that page will start collecting search history. Apparently.
- madair 17y agoThey may do it, but: (1) I don't use Google Toolbar, which is required for that to work ( 2) I'm trying to wean myself away from Google for everything by dividing my usage out to other search engines A single vendor solution for something so private and important is undesirable, on general principals. It's a small step, but an important one, at least to me.