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Ha, no you crunch the numbers, you get the insights. Google does so whether you opt-in or not. Something I'd like to do (someone else asked for an e.g.) is loo

Ha, no you crunch the numbers, you get the insights. Google does so whether you opt-in or not. Something I'd like to do (someone else asked for an e.g.) is look back at programming language searches, as they'll nearly always have the lang in the query. I'd be able to see when I started learning e.g. python and had to google everything, when I picked up other languages, how those searches decreased (or increased) as I learned more. Lots of interesting stuff.

normloman 12y ago
If I understand your argument, you're saying Google will collect this information anyway, and at least by keeping web history on, you can do some analysis on your own browsing habits. I'm aware that Google is collecting and storing this our search history, even after disabling web history. That's why I think Google shouldn't be collecting this information at all. I have no problem with collecting your own search history, storing it locally, and analyzing it (though I doubt it would produce any groundbreaking insights). I just think it's safer if you store it yourself.