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> It blows my mind how many devs around here are devoted to their browser and search. Are they though? Or is AMP just a storm-in-a-teacup? There a handful of p

by cletus 7y ago

> It blows my mind how many devs around here are devoted to their browser and search. Are they though? Or is AMP just a storm-in-a-teacup? There a handful of people on Earth that will stop using Google search (in particular) and Chrome as a protest against AMP. > ... and yet a MAJOR investment in all of our future. [citation needed] Personalized search is not inherently bad. Use Google search without being logged in if you really care. Harder to do with Chrome but Chrome is actually a great user experience. It still blows my mind that FF prompts me to restart to install an update when I start it up. No I don't want to install an update. I want to use the browser. That's why I opened it. How many years has it been since Chrome added auto-update on restart with silent updates? Beyond Search, GMail, Maps and Chrome though I just won't use another Google service and take the risk that some automated system will decide my account is in violation of some ToS no one has ever read and shut down access to every single Google service I use. Whoever signed off on doing this through the Google Plus boondoggle needs to be fired (although, to be fair, I think ad accounts getting suspended arbitrarily and in some cases incorrectly was already a thing by then).

criddell 7y ago
> Use Google search without being logged in if you really care. AFAIK, the search is still tailored to some degree. Log out and search for "plumber" and I bet you get local results.
- cletus 7y ago
  Is that bad? It seems obvious to me that some contextual information will lead to better search results. Chances are if someone searches for "plumber" they're more likely to want one in their local area and not, say, in Armenia. So the only issue is how much contextual information you want to give Google when you search for something.
  - criddell 7y ago
    I don't think it's bad. I was just pointing out that there may not be any such thing as a raw / non-personalized google search.
JohnFen 7y ago
> Personalized search is not inherently bad. Maybe, maybe not -- but Google's implementation of it is very much not great. It seems to ensure that I won't get the results that I'm looking for.

by cletus 7y ago

criddell 7y ago

> Use Google search without being logged in if you really care. AFAIK, the search is still tailored to some degree. Log out and search for "plumber" and I bet you get local results.

cletus 7y ago
Is that bad? It seems obvious to me that some contextual information will lead to better search results. Chances are if someone searches for "plumber" they're more likely to want one in their local area and not, say, in Armenia. So the only issue is how much contextual information you want to give Google when you search for something.
- criddell 7y ago
  I don't think it's bad. I was just pointing out that there may not be any such thing as a raw / non-personalized google search.

JohnFen 7y ago

> Personalized search is not inherently bad. Maybe, maybe not -- but Google's implementation of it is very much not great. It seems to ensure that I won't get the results that I'm looking for.