Google emphasizes popularity over accuracy

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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