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> The particular set of results that Google shows you on Google.com are not a decision about you I think that's easily demonstrated as not true: when I search
by maksimum 9y ago
> The particular set of results that Google shows you on Google.com are not a decision about you
I think that's easily demonstrated as not true: when I search for something like `luigi` in a regular window, I get the github link 1st. When I search for it in an anonymous window the github link is 3rd. Try it for yourself with a technical term that also has a common non-technical meaning.
I believe that search personalization is useful, but it may be a privacy issue.
- disgruntledphd2 9y agoSee I get you, but I disagree. My example is python, whereby biologists and such-like people get snakes, people hanging out here get the programming language and so on. I personally believe (with no evidence) that the number of potential SERPs is much lower than the number of users, as I reckon they use some kind of dimension reduction technique and pick vectors of results "close" to yours. But I completely accept that I could be entirely wrong on this (i still think such a decision isn't consequential enough to trigger any GDPR provisions, but again I could also be wrong on that :) )