Bill D -

When I first saw the "new technology by Google" I though someone had stumbled onto their newest lab release. eWeek just reported that the Beta is out for the "Google Personal Search," that supposedly tracks what you, as an individual, look at, to individually tailor results delivered to you.

Last I heard, a few days ago, was that it was being offered only to "selected users;" but it may be available from their "lab" site now if you ask for it. I believe it will not be offered as a general release for a few months though.

I'm not sure whether the concept is sound. I usually start out looking for something pretty specific; but always end up "checking out" a bunch of random stuff that just "happens to pop up." Ninety nine percent of what I click on in search results is just to be sure it isn't what I'm looking for, so if they tailor based on my clicks, they'll soon offer me nothing that I want.(?)

John