Google emphasizes popularity over accuracy

Re:Google emphasizes popularity over accuracy by ntsplnkv2 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @08:35PM (#22744418)

Just tried this. GMail was the first link, validating "the Gmail homepage ranks prominently." Also, all the suggestions were gmail (before the search.)

The rest of the results were GM related news/Twitter/links.

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Re:Google emphasizes popularity over accuracy by jonas21 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @09:48PM (#22744825)

Are you sure you're not confusing Google and DuckDuckGo? (I know I do from time to time)

For me, a Google search returned only General Motors results in the top spots, while a DuckDuckGo search had Gmail as the first result after the news stories.

https://i.imgur.com/m2iXSN9.jpg

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Re:Google emphasizes popularity over accuracy by aembleton on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @04:41AM (#22746836)

I get the same as you for DuckDuckGo, but my Google does look different. I guess Google is customising the results: https://imgur.com/dccAZBg

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Re:Google emphasizes popularity over accuracy by TeMPOraL on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @05:46AM (#22747097)

To add another data point, my Google results for "gm" look like those on your screenshot, with a market summary card and then GMail being the first result, and General Motors second - with one extra difference that "Top Stories" card in my case is above, not below the GMail result.

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Re:Google emphasizes popularity over accuracy by josefx on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @03:49AM (#22746615)

I also get gmail as first result for gm. However I also get a GM.com entry to the side of the search results.

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