Every Google result now looks like an ad

Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by neodymiumphish on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @03:27PM (#22111152)

I just think you're assuming these search engines are using way fewer factors than they actually use. It's probably exceptionally easy to tie your search behavior to someone else who's much more like you than "the average", unless you're using a search engine like DDG, Qwant, etc.

Maybe the best bet is for a search engine to try to include a simple, non-intrusive method of getting user input to determine the usefulness of a search result. Like, if it determines you came back as a "regret", maybe a ThumbsUp/ThumbsDown icon next to the last link you clicked to get you to say whether that link was useful in any way, or maybe a "block" option as well to say that you never want sites like that again.

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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by clarry on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @04:11PM (#22111614)

> I just think you're assuming these search engines are using way fewer factors than they actually use. It's probably exceptionally easy to tie your search behavior to someone else who's much more like you than "the average", unless you're using a search engine like DDG, Qwant, etc.

I should, then, expect dramatically different results when I use someone else's PC or a public computer. I have not witnessed dramatic differences.

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