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UPDATE: I am even more surprised to see that when I logged out of my account and searched again on google.ie, one of the efreedom disappeared!! So, does this m

by bhavin 16y ago

UPDATE: I am even more surprised to see that when I logged out of my account and searched again on google.ie, one of the efreedom disappeared!! So, does this mean that Google search now takes into account my past search result clicks (or rather mis-clicks)? Or ranks contents in someway that proves efreedom is somehow more relevant to me?

Matt_Cutts 16y ago
If you're using personalized search, we do look at past clicks to change your ranking. So if you clicked on efreedom in the past, that could affect your ranking. You can add "&pws=0" (or use incognito mode in Chrome without logging in) to turn off personalized search and see whether that's the factor for you.
- andybak 16y ago
  If I'm clicking around to crappy sites to figure out why they rank highly I don't really want them to get even higher in my personal search ranking! Is deleting them from search history enough to correct this effect?
- bhavin 16y ago
  Adding &pws=0 turned the personalized search off and hence got rid of the efreedom. Also, I cleared my web history and searched again. The results are same now signed in or signed out. Problem solved! :) Thanks!
  - Matt_Cutts 16y ago
    Glad to hear it. &pws=0 is handy to diagnose whether personalized search is causing something to rank higher for you.
- underdown 16y ago
  It's fairly trivial to add a custom search engine to chrome or ff that automatically appends
  - sjs382 16y ago
    In Chrome, do this by adding an engine with the following URL, and make it default if you want: {google:baseURL}search?{google:RLZ}{google:acceptedSuggestion}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}sourceid=chrome&ie={inputEncoding}&pws=0&q=%s
- jjclarkson 16y ago
  Wow, you learn a lot around here if you're paying attention! I often wondered whether or not my results were being personalized. Good to know.
mol2103 16y ago
Google has been doing this for some time now.

by bhavin 16y ago

Matt_Cutts 16y ago

If you're using personalized search, we do look at past clicks to change your ranking. So if you clicked on efreedom in the past, that could affect your ranking. You can add "&pws=0" (or use incognito mode in Chrome without logging in) to turn off personalized search and see whether that's the factor for you.

andybak 16y ago
If I'm clicking around to crappy sites to figure out why they rank highly I don't really want them to get even higher in my personal search ranking! Is deleting them from search history enough to correct this effect?
bhavin 16y ago
Adding &pws=0 turned the personalized search off and hence got rid of the efreedom. Also, I cleared my web history and searched again. The results are same now signed in or signed out. Problem solved! :) Thanks!
- Matt_Cutts 16y ago
  Glad to hear it. &pws=0 is handy to diagnose whether personalized search is causing something to rank higher for you.
underdown 16y ago
It's fairly trivial to add a custom search engine to chrome or ff that automatically appends
- sjs382 16y ago
  In Chrome, do this by adding an engine with the following URL, and make it default if you want: {google:baseURL}search?{google:RLZ}{google:acceptedSuggestion}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}sourceid=chrome&ie={inputEncoding}&pws=0&q=%s
jjclarkson 16y ago
Wow, you learn a lot around here if you're paying attention! I often wondered whether or not my results were being personalized. Good to know.

mol2103 16y ago

Google has been doing this for some time now.