Google have introduced the Web History service so if you are logged in to your Google account you can see what you searched for on Google. You can also see what sites you have visited if you have the Google Toolbar installed and enabled, but I do not use this feature for privacy reasons, although if the data was regulated under UK legislation and could be removed by request I probably would.
The result were quite interesting. Apparently I have made 9,283 Google searches since November 5th 2005 and the top ten are…
- cacher of the month
- high orbit podcast
- Alistair MacDonald
- ne1fm
- alistair macdonald
- dabbar
- catcher of the month
- digifusion
- cranky geeks
- NE1 2SW
I can split these searches down in to three categories. First things like “cacher of the month” and “high orbit podcast” are sites that I use semiregularly and can not remember the web site URL. I search things like dabbar, ne1fm and my name to keep track of what others are saying about them (and me). The third category is just things that I have needed to find and only “digifusion” appears in the top 10, but considering the ad hoc nature of searching the only surprising thing about this is that anything for this category appears in the top ten list.
For reference “NE1 2SW” is the postcode for my office that I often use as a starting point on Google maps, so I guess those queries are logged as well.
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