Google Labs Adds Personalized Web Search and Web Alerts

 Google Labs today added two new features:

·         Personalized Web Search: "Get personalized search results based on your interests"

·         Web Alerts: "Find out about new web pages on a topic of interest"

Personalized searchlets you create your own profile of interests (such as Technology -> Science). When searching, you can then drag a slider to show personal results. E.g. I entered some Internet/ computer related interests; then searching for nothing but "news" with a maximized personalization, I got to see technology blog Slashdotin top position.

Google Personalized profiles are stored on individual computers by setting a cookie. Though this means information cannot be shared between several computers, it also means your information is private and there is no need for a login.

As for Google Web Alerts, you are not restricted to entering a single keyword. You can also find out when new sites link to you by entering e.g. link:blog.outer-court.com.

Google Labs Add Personalized Web Search, Web Alerts

I have not tried these out yet but rest assured I will be.