Tonight I was playing around with some CSS and wanted to look something up. There is a tutorial I ALWAYS use for CSS, but I've never bookmarked it - I just Google it and it is usually the first or second entry. I did the same thing tonight and *this* appeared in my Google results:
I'm sure it's just cookies, but still.
Also, not entirely accurate - I've actually visited that site since Feb 8. Maybe this is a good thing b/c they are making transparent data they collect and that is already stored about your searches.
But all the same .. creepy.
Update: via Twitter @chesh200pro (aka Jay Goldman) tells me that they've been doing this for a while. A feature if you're signed in. So clearly I've never searched and been signed in. Still find it a little creepy. I do like how they try to sell it: "follow interesting trends in your web activity". I don't know if I want to monitor my own activity that much.