Google personalizes search results even when you’re logged out, new study finds

Re:Google personalizes search results even when you’re logge... by a1369209993 on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @05:33PM (#18604176)

I think this is a lot more defensible. Eg (real example) if I search for 74HCT350, I would probably be okay, if not actively happy, to get results for 74ACT350 (a socket-equivalent chip in a somewhat faster logic family). It's much less defensible if "DCP-L2550DW" is quoted, since that's a clear indication that you want the exact string, but it's still better than outright ignoring half your query the way google does.

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Re:Google personalizes search results even when you’re logge... by nl on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @06:21PM (#18604414)

I agree very strongly with this. I don't understand why people complain about having to read the search results.

In so many cases slightly different product numbers are equivalent and differ in things like the market they are for, or the color, or something else you may or may not care about.

It seems to me that hiding these results required both Google to do mind reading and to decode spec sheets to see if they match what you had in mind.. all from a single string of semi-random characters.

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