Re:How to fight back against Google AMP as a web user and a ...
by criddell on Thursday December 05, 2019 @01:15PM
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> Use Google search without being logged in if you really care.
AFAIK, the search is still tailored to some degree. Log out and search for "plumber" and I bet you get local results.
Re:How to fight back against Google AMP as a web user and a ...
by cletus on Thursday December 05, 2019 @03:48PM
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Is that bad? It seems obvious to me that some contextual information will lead to better search results. Chances are if someone searches for "plumber" they're more likely to want one in their local area and not, say, in Armenia.
So the only issue is how much contextual information you want to give Google when you search for something.
Re:How to fight back against Google AMP as a web user and a ...
by criddell on Thursday December 05, 2019 @03:54PM
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I don't think it's bad. I was just pointing out that there may not be any such thing as a raw / non-personalized google search.
Re:How to fight back against Google AMP as a web user and a ...
by JohnFen on Thursday December 05, 2019 @01:36PM
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> Personalized search is not inherently bad.
Maybe, maybe not -- but Google's implementation of it is very much not great. It seems to ensure that I won't get the results that I'm looking for.
Are they though? Or is AMP just a storm-in-a-teacup? There a handful of people on Earth that will stop using Google search (in particular) and Chrome as a protest against AMP.
> ... and yet a MAJOR investment in all of our future.
[citation needed]
Personalized search is not inherently bad. Use Google search without being logged in if you really care. Harder to do with Chrome but Chrome is actually a great user experience. It still blows my mind that FF prompts me to restart to install an update when I start it up.
No I don't want to install an update. I want to use the browser. That's why I opened it. How many years has it been since Chrome added auto-update on restart with silent updates?
Beyond Search, GMail, Maps and Chrome though I just won't use another Google service and take the risk that some automated system will decide my account is in violation of some ToS no one has ever read and shut down access to every single Google service I use.
Whoever signed off on doing this through the Google Plus boondoggle needs to be fired (although, to be fair, I think ad accounts getting suspended arbitrarily and in some cases incorrectly was already a thing by then).