While most people just think of a Google as a search bar for the Internet there really is a lot more going on than that. Google modifies the algorithm it uses to order websites a fair bit. Since being on the first page for a given search result can affect the value of an online business that order is very important to a lot of people. Google does not share its algorithm.

So here is a question for you: If you do two searches for the same criteria at the same time will you get the same result. The short answer is "probably not".

You see Google keeps track of how you use www.Google.com when you are logged into it. So if you sign into gmail and then do a google search before signing out your searches are stored. If you want to check it out just log into gmail and click here for to see the search history on your computer. Google has been doing this for a while according to Anil Dash.

So is this Orwellian? The answer to that question is that it would depend on how that data is being used. So how is it being used? The answer is that there is only one answer and it comes from Google... Evidently most people do not care.