Google Tests Search History Export

Google tests a feature that will let you export your Web History data. For now, the experimental feature creates a ZIP archive that splits your search history in several JSON files.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGXSADVonFRDqs7A98JlgWWttPup_fp6axm0cEc5pwpvb3memsiobBYyujYXuSxcD5dpXzTbNJ2dTFe654ccPIM9TUNSXV-sjicLSQAj-keio20NHqTVd9IX1a8aY-fTALcJx_wQvWAOo/s1600/google-history-export.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJEsOkLbuUxjv3U5juRWvyJcQ8yhsJc4pTrBbzo5XMpYzveaBKsHuovgl_9GLxGCJgrgBDMcpJRX7fJCg7eTB-etSjG1yFqmHSef1mWDFMQuasrr2E_nGKQywJEJBF8fVcVIYeuGBGnhY/s1600/google-history-export-2.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgePlmc_1HTsThU9rjwSCCMjamPXNRyB42s9LB-mq-46KBi-nYBxcHYhrwnqmZ3cBvS9Ds5elVCxlF4az8ebYOrcGGm_lftYqYmSYgKnRAAsf5l_Sp40qWFL-AjCnuV50AgjuVVLFMbRz/s1600/google-history-export-3.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2i2TKEOheKKp095FdrsDN9RcNrirVRCyclhHZTdKzWfXfwyivU5zgJ7sojY0TANkXxScloLAGScGWpKVzqogsY5B5ns5oQERTP7mlCkgi0aFVjw2EVliO7S5czjVZbtLdCKKKNZyxg8n/s1600/google-history-export-4.png" /></div><br />Most likely, this feature will be added to Google Takeout when it's released.<br /><br />{ Thanks, <a href="https://plus.google.com/+FlorianKiersch">Florian Kiersch</a>. }

Google Tests Search History Export

Google tests a feature that will let you export your Web History data. For now, the experimental feature creates a ZIP archive that splits y...

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Go Back to a Specific Date in Google Web History

For some reason, Google Web History no longer has a way to navigate to a certain date, at least not from the UI. Fortunately, you can change a URL parameter and go to a certain date. Here's how to do that:<br /><br />1. use <a href="http://www.freeformatter.com/epoch-timestamp-to-date-converter.html">the Unix epoch time converter</a>. Scroll to the "Convert date to epoch timestamp" section, enter the date, enter 0 for hours, minutes and seconds and then click "Convert". You'll get a number like 1305072000. This is the number of seconds that have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time">elapsed since January 1st 1970</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZmyuf43deB-yEzcmv-ztauyLArFv5qaADaGYAkYB8VJOpaE9CAQAkmQZSQia5R6hmf5-sJikTLkwAOvfGdX7Djtj1L3o_jF4LB1FXIOBvmbz0xzabdTuxnwD6EhCGxYiTC_KqTSLkDD8/s1600/epoch.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZmyuf43deB-yEzcmv-ztauyLArFv5qaADaGYAkYB8VJOpaE9CAQAkmQZSQia5R6hmf5-sJikTLkwAOvfGdX7Djtj1L3o_jF4LB1FXIOBvmbz0xzabdTuxnwD6EhCGxYiTC_KqTSLkDD8/s1600/epoch.png" /></a></div><br />Copy the value you've obtained and add six zeros to convert the number from seconds to microseconds. For example, 1305072000 becomes 1305072000000000 (this corresponds to May 10, 2011).<br /><br />2. go to <a href="https://history.google.com/history/lookup?st=web">https://history.google.com/history/lookup?st=web</a> (you may need to sign in)<br /><br />3. add the following parameters to the Google Web History URL:<br /><br /><i>&lts=MICROSECONDS&fts=MICROSECONDS</i><br /><br />You'll need to replace MICROSECONDS with the value you've obtained previously. For example:<br /><br /><i>&lts=1305072000000000&fts=1305072000000000</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBJPWjjHgE57WD6OrQ89tea2Wq98qNBo0StXE9Y50kPddonwFs5arKnrRKyO8XiShLMlJlCWUZg4cwB6hrrfaRFoINU8DTzXa63yq4BdITxQ6OugBjoSENlSJjbj754VKr2oAK7HrSVZ3/s1600/epoch-web-history.png" /></div>

Go Back to a Specific Date in Google Web History

For some reason, Google Web History no longer has a way to navigate to a certain date, at least not from the UI. Fortunately, you can change...

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Google Web History, Back to Search History

Back in 2007, Google <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/04/google-web-history.html">upgraded the Search History service</a> and renamed it Web History. If you installed Google Toolbar and enabled Web History, Google recorded your entire browsing history and made it available at <a href="http://google.com/history">google.com/history</a>. Your browsing history was searchable and it was used to personalize your search results.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GhlGd_VJYBvNlieq8KJPJCpr_LJaF3XnoZKtD5ckMznDJsopAteZ4mLrumWSqnvu2K5vgl2gYv4u_ND3vANDg8GN5xBiE-FlSptxd-ayPwEaOYN4reExRVdBbGQDvoBDzaN7qeXTuFyc/s1600/google-web-history.png" /></div><br />Even though the service is still called Web History, the Google Toolbar feature <a href="https://support.google.com/toolbar/answer/78184">was removed</a> a few months ago. "With Google Web History in Toolbar you once could store the URLs of the pages you've visited, to view and manage from any computer by signing into your Google Account. However, Web History in Toolbar is no longer supported and no new Web History information is being recorded from Toolbar," <a href="https://support.google.com/toolbar/answer/78184">informs Google</a>.<br /><br />It's surprising that Google didn't integrate Web History with Chrome. The service shows the bookmarks from Google Toolbar instead of the bookmarks saved in Chrome and it doesn't show the browsing history synced by Chrome.

Google Web History, Back to Search History

Back in 2007, Google upgraded the Search History service and renamed it Web History. If you installed Google Toolbar and enabled Web Histor...

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