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05 May 2008

Does anyone else use Google's RSS reader? You know their new Recommendations feature on the Reader home page?→[More:]Well, yes, it's creepy that google is tracking my searches and then serving me relevant blogs.

But at the same time OMG! Google knows exactly what I like!

Yes, political feminist blogs that also have cute kitten videos!

Yes, knitting blogs written by men, or by single women, or by married women who curse a lot!

Yes, well-written blogs about random obscure sections of life, like people undergoing fertility treatment! Oncologists! College professors!

Yes, yes yes!

Oh god, it's like that TiVo commercial.

post by: muddgirl at: 17:36 | 4 comments

I do like cursing.

posted by mullacc 05 May | 17:43

i also like cursing, but better well done and purposefully.
If every other word is fuck and shit, they might as well smurf it up.

Google ads often amuse me at the emails. i do at times use certain words to bring up certain ads.

posted by ethylene 05 May | 18:02

Aaaargh, that's freaking scary.

But cool at the same time. Have ended up subscribing to one.

posted by TheophileEscargot 06 May | 03:49

They've been really on with their recommendations for me, though I'm hoping they'll start recommending mashup blogs soon.

posted by drezdn 06 May | 08:26

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