I think google applies arbitrary undocumented filters to their output. I have noticed it more than once, e.g. see this comments thread, couple weeks old: https:

I think google applies arbitrary undocumented filters to their output. I have noticed it more than once, e.g. see this comments thread, couple weeks old: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19420383 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19420383 Personally, a year ago I have switched the defaults to duckduckgo.com on my devices, works OK for me so far.