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    How Android Will Help Google Profile You

    The first Android phone is dropping next week, and the people who pick it up will be toting around mobile Google software in their pocket wherever they go. They'll be using mobile Google apps, probably in concert with using Gmail, Gcal and Google Maps on their normal computer. We know that Google is tossing out all user data after 9 months, but you've got to wonder what kind of a picture Google is getting of its heavy users like that when it's only getting info from how its apps are used. After the jump, an imagined day in the life of a Google user, as recorded and perceived by the Googleplex itself.

    07:36:04: Application — Gmail
    User reads 1 new emails
    Keywords: dinner, match.com, reply, date

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male/Female

    07:43:38: Application — Search
    Search Term: italian restaurant upper east side manhattan
    Search Term: italian restaurant upper east side manhattan cheap
    Search Term: creampies

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker

    08:31:17: Application — Gmail
    User sends 1 new email
    Keywords: dinner, meet, Ford Fiesta

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker, Low Income

    08:40:03: Application — Search
    Search Term: vern troyer sex tape

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker, Low Income, Midget Fetishist

    11:01:12: Application — Google Reader
    Feed read: Gizmodo
    Feed read: Kotaku
    Feed read: Cute Overload
    Feed read: Gothamist
    Feed read: Gizmodo
    Feed read: Kottke
    Feed read: Boing Boing
    Feed read: Fleshbot

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker, Low Income, Midget Fetishist, Cubicle Dweller

    12:14:30: Application — Google Maps Mobile
    Search Term: SuperCuts
    Near: Current Location

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker, Low Income, Midget Fetishist, Cubicle Dweller, Cheapskate

    12:59:08: Application — Mobile Search
    Search Term: slimming pants

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker, Low Income, Midget Fetishist, Cubicle Dweller, Cheapskate, Insecure

    13:01:56: Application — Google Maps Mobile
    Search Term: H&M
    Near: Current Location

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker, Low Income, Midget Fetishist, Cubicle Dweller, Cheapskate, Insecure, Trendy

    13:42:12: Application — Google Maps Mobile
    Search Term: Florist
    Near: Current Location

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker, Low Income, Midget Fetishist, Cubicle Dweller, Cheapskate, Insecure, Trendy, Unimaginative

    14:19:31: Application — Search
    Search Term: dating tips
    Search Term: first dates
    Search Term: halitosis cure
    Search Term: bang bus

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker, Low Income, Midget Fetishist, Cubicle Dweller, Cheapskate, Insecure, Trendy, Unimaginative, Virgin

    14:55:00: Application — GCal
    Reminder: Sales Meeting in Five Minutes Sent via: Text

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker, Low Income, Midget Fetishist, Cubicle Dweller, Cheapskate, Insecure, Trendy, Unimaginative, Virgin, Boring Job Holder

    17:13:49: Application — Google Reader
    Feed read: Gizmodo
    Feed read: Fleshbot

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker, Low Income, Midget Fetishist, Cubicle Dweller, Cheapskate, Insecure, Trendy, Unimaginative, Virgin, Boring Job Holder, Porn Addict

    18:51:10: Application — Google Maps Mobile
    Start Location: Current Location
    End Location: Olive Garden

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker, Low Income, Midget Fetishist, Cubicle Dweller, Cheapskate, Insecure, Trendy, Unimaginative, Virgin, Boring Job Holder, Porn Addict, Fat, Not Italian

    19:15:03: Application — Mobile Gmail
    User sends 1 new email
    Keywords: date, forgot, still here

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker, Low Income, Midget Fetishist, Cubicle Dweller, Cheapskate, Insecure, Trendy, Unimaginative, Virgin, Boring Job Holder, Porn Addict, Fat, Not Italian, Pathetic

    19:20:41: Application — Mobile Gmail
    User reads 0 new emails

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker, Low Income, Midget Fetishist, Cubicle Dweller, Cheapskate, Insecure, Trendy, Unimaginative, Virgin, Porn Addict, Fat, Not Italian, So Pathetic

    19:26:11: Application — Mobile Gmail
    User reads 0 new emails

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker, Low Income, Midget Fetishist, Cubicle Dweller, Cheapskate, Insecure, Trendy, Unimaginative, Virgin, Porn Addict, Fat, Not Italian, So Pathetic, Desperate

    19:31:55: Application — Mobile Gmail
    User reads 0 new emails

    Current Demographic Profile: Single Male New Yorker, Low Income, Midget Fetishist, Cubicle Dweller, Cheapskate, Insecure, Trendy, Unimaginative, Virgin, Porn Addict, Fat, Not Italian, So Pathetic, So Desperate

    19:40:21: Application — Google Maps Mobile
    Search Term: Strip Club
    Near: Current Location

    Current Demographic Profile: Benny Goldman


    Send an email to Adam Frucci, the author of this post, at adam@gizmodo.com.