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Re:"To our surprise" by krono on Friday May 07, 2021 @01:56PM (#27078781)
> Surprisingly, when I do the same searches as you, I don't get anywhere near the same numbers.

Are you honestly not aware that your behavioural data is used to target specific search results?

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Re:"To our surprise" by oceliker on Friday May 07, 2021 @02:07PM (#27078879)
It's likely that they just forgot to include the quote marks in the search. I don't think Google Scholar does behavioral targeting.
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Re:"To our surprise" by krono on Friday May 07, 2021 @05:16PM (#27080933)
I missed the Google Scholar part, indeed less likely there but you can never be sure
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