Oh Google, you so crazy! First it was a ton of extra space for GMail users, then it was Google Video, which started out as just a method to search the closed-captioning of television shows and is now accepting uploads from you, me, everyone else who might be interested in archiving their video with Google: [ http://video.google.com/ ] and more importantly WHY they want your video and how to get it to them: [ https://upload.video.google.com/ ]. Now, they’ve globalized your login and password that you use for GMail and renamed it your “Google Login,” which will act as your global authentication for all Google services.
Cool huh? Yeah-it wasn’t cool when Microsoft did it with Passport, but that was more because they tried to shove it down your throat for all MSN services and then some, and people tended to shy away from it. We’ll see if Google has better luck-I can see uses for a global Google login (customized deal searches across trusted sites on Froogle, for example) but getting back to point. The first step in Google’s mind, to making everyone log in to Google before using Google services is to allow you the opportunity to search your search history. Here’s the scenario: You Googled for some search terms that led you to a page a couple of days ago. You read it, used the info from it, and closed it. A couple of days later, someone asks you about the same thing-you’ve forgotten the web address so you can’t give the page to them. What do you do? Google again? But you forgot the exact search terms you used! Oh no! Well, Google comes to the rescue. If you logged in prior to making the search, you can look back through your search history (instead of having to dig through your browser history) to find that search and the page that resulted from it. Sounds cool, right? I think so. Read all about it:
[ http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120516,tk,dn042105X,00.asp ]