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Life & fun · June 23, 2016

Searches

A book made with your Google search entries.

Searches launched on June 23, 2016 with 5 votes. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

What it does

Searches is a series of 6 books containing my Google search entries from 2010 to 2015. On November 12th 2015, Google suggested I do a privacy checkup. I decided to take a look at my traces on Google products. I reviewed visited websites (from Chrome), visited locations (from Maps), and I discovered that I could also retrieve all my past searches, since 2010. I downloaded the file containing the searches, and as I started reviewing it, I realized I've been writing my own diary without being aware of it. Search entries, as opposed to visited websites, are very close to my train of thought, and my feelings too. It's a direct output from my brain speaking to the internet. My curiosity, my…from ishback.com

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