Google Login Madness

February 16th, 2008

I log into Gmail and I can go to Google Reader without logging in again. It also works the other way around. The same behavior applies to Google Docs and Google Calendar. This makes sense, same service provider, same login credentials, same browser session.

Now, when I go to Google Analytics, it knows who I am, but I have to enter my password again… ok, maybe they are trying to make analytics more secure? Doesn’t make much sense to me, but ok.

Now if I go to AdSense (you know, to count my millions) it doesn’t even recognize me… you would think a company that can store, index and search ALL of the information, anywhere, would be able to create a consistent user experience across their applications.

It’s not a major issue, but it lacks the level of usability and consistency I would expect from the all-mighty Google.

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