Re:Does anyone remember websites?
by 8draco8 on Monday November 06, 2017 @04:25AM
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Once I found very nice forum about linux servers. I found it thanks to my friend saying I have to check it out. After spending some time there this forum started to showing up on first page of google every time I looked some solution for my server problem. Google is closing your in your own bubble. It will present to you websites that you already know or that are related to sites that you know.
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Re:Does anyone remember websites?
by Lordarminius on Monday November 06, 2017 @08:18AM
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> Google is closing you in your own bubble. It will present to you websites that you already know or that are related to sites that you know.
This is a good explanation for why my friends search results are very different from mine. Google would spin this as individualization. Is there any way to get around this bubble and unearth fresh results each search ??
Have you tried incognito mode? I also recall there was option to turn off customizing search results (or something similar) in google's privacy settings.
EDIT: I did not notice any differences so I don't really know how to test it. I search highly technical stuff for work or very mundane "popular" things outside of it. Seems like I'm bad target for the customization.