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title: Google search history
date: "2005-06-23T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 632
description: I compare Google's search history feature to A9 and evaluate its utility. I found it useful for retracing steps to find previously discovered links, mirroring the functionality of browser toolbar histories for personalized information retrieval.
keywords: [google search history, a9, search engine personalization, information retrieval, web search logs]
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[Google search history](http://www.google.com/searchhistory/) is like [a9](http://a9.com/) -- it remembers your searches. But why is that useful?

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## Comments

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- **sathish** _29 Jun 2005 7:51 am_:
  I found it useful recently.. I remembered that I got a link when I searched for a particular term and by going through the search history, I figured out link I had looked earlier.
- **S Anand** _29 Jun 2005 8:49 am_:
  Ah... that makes sense. I use the history in the toolbar. Guess this mirrors that.
- **sathish** _4 Jul 2005 9:25 am_:
  read more about the google personalization from mit tech review blog - http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/07/wo/wo\_070105hellweg.asp?trk=top

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