Google Profiles and Search

Google has started to roll out something like the beginnings of a social network, except it is not yet social and not really a network (you can't "friend" anyone)! If you allow Google to display your full name on your profile (a setting that you can change in your profile settings, just to the left of your picture), your profile will show up if some searches for you. By including additional information about yourself in your Google profile, you can make it easier for those looking for you to learn more about you. Although this in itself is not a bad thing, I do not think I will be participating. Now that so many sites ask for personal information for use as security questions, I don't want to share information like where I was born, etc. with just anyone. Regardless, it is very interesting to see Google take steps towards getting social with searching.