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What my surfing habits say about me (as told by Google)

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Remember when Google announced their behavioral tracking feature for their ads (or as they call it “interest-based advertising”) a few months back? No? Well, go read up on it and come back… I’ll wait.

Back? Okay. I decided to see what they thought about my internet surfing habits. Currently, this is what Google thinks I’m interested in:

  • Computers & Electronics – Enterprise Technology – Data Management
  • Computers & Electronics – Programming – Scripting Language
  • Computers & Electronics – Software – Internet Software – Internet Clients & Browser
  • Computers & Electronics – Software – Operating Systems – Mac
  • Entertainment – Music
  • Entertainment – Music – Rock & Pop
  • Internet – Web Design & Development
  • Social Networks & Online Communities – Blogging Resources & Services
  • Telecommunications – Mobile & Wireless – Mobile Phones

Or to summarize: I’m a developer, building social networking sites on a Mac, listening to music (mostly of the “rock” genre) with an interest in mobile phones.

That’s… about right. You can check what Google thinks about you in your ad preferences.1

  1. That’s also where you can opt out, you paranoid privacy freak. ↩

Bookmarks for April 9th

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GrandCentral and Google Voice

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Google Voice

Google Voice

Google finally flipped the switch for those of us who were lucky enough to be on GrandCentral to begin with.

Log in to GrandCentral and check in your inbox. You might have a message at the top saying one of two things:

Your account is not yet ready to be upgraded. Please check back shortly.

or

[blahblahblah]
Yes, Upgrade me

When you get a chance, be sure to check out the Google Voice Suggestions and be sure to vote for the iPhone app. I also recommend suggesting the Play and sort voicemails directly in Gmail as well as the Receive calls on Google Talk option.

Also, at the bottom of that page, suggest that they bring back outbound call recording. I was a bit upset when they changed that.

Naturally, I’ve upgraded. I don’t know if they imported my GrandCentral address book or not, but that was basically just a copy of my OS X Address Book which is now currently synced with my contact list on Google and my iPhone.