Google Stars: Your Own Personal Google
Google have announced another new search feature: Google Stars. Click the little star icon next to any particular search result, and you are tagging in and creating a set of pages that will feature in your own personalised version of the search results.
In this example, I’m searching for the infamous Turkey Point Lighthouse, which now has the greyed out star beside it’s entry which I have highlighted in yellow in this image:
If I choose to click on the star, next time I search, my starred items appear in a new category called “Starred Results” appearing at the top of my (and only my own) search results:
The real benefit of this, as compared to the former SearchWiki feature, is that you’re not changing the search results, just pulling together your favourite sites into an easily accessible set of selections.
You need to be logged into your Google account to use this feature
Learn more at
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/stars-make-search-more-personal.html
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