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We actually use Google's Search API under the hood. It might be possible that Google is giving you different results in a browser based on your search history.

by mlejva 6y ago

We actually use Google's Search API under the hood. It might be possible that Google is giving you different results in a browser based on your search history. Can't really speak on integrations with Alfred and similar app right now. The idea is to build a separate app just for developers when they are searching for information.

kelsolaar 6y ago
> It might be possible that Google is giving you different results in a browser based on your search history. This is actually from an Incognito window (same result in Firefox): https://imgur.com/tWCWQW1 https://imgur.com/tWCWQW1 > The idea is to build a separate app just for developers when they are searching for information. Right makes sense but if I could have everything integrated with the launcher I use, it would extremely helpful, atm your default shortcut is the default shortcut of Alfred for example.
- mlejva 6y ago
  Ah yes, you're right. I forgot we sort questions based on their upvotes.
  - minot 6y ago
    The follow up question I hope someone can answer is how does google sort them?
    - wcarss 6y ago
      This is a bit of a cop out answer, but Google probably sorts them based on something derived from PageRank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank In other words: according to some approximation of the authority of the page, given the graph of links to that page, and their estimated authority in the domain of the searched keywords -- it's possible (and likely, I think?) they aren't using stack overflow's vote counts in their sort at all.
- kelsolaar 6y ago
  And for completion, here is Alfred performing the same search: https://imgur.com/iIkGdO1 https://imgur.com/iIkGdO1
chris_f 6y ago
> We actually use Google's Search API under the hood. It might be possible that Google is giving you different results in a browser based on your search history. Cool project! Just a heads up, the Google search API provides different results than the normal Google web search. [0] It uses a different index that isn't as big, and handles term matching a little differently. There will be a personalization element for different results, but there are a lot of results that Google just won't be return through the search API. I also work a lot with the google API for Runnaroo [1] (and the Github and Stack Overflow APIs). [0] https://support.google.com/programmable-search/answer/70392?hl=en https://support.google.com/programmable-search/answer/70392?... [1] https://www.runnaroo.com/search?term=python+unique+list+values+ordered https://www.runnaroo.com/search?term=python+unique+list+valu...

by mlejva 6y ago

kelsolaar 6y ago

> It might be possible that Google is giving you different results in a browser based on your search history. This is actually from an Incognito window (same result in Firefox): https://imgur.com/tWCWQW1 https://imgur.com/tWCWQW1 > The idea is to build a separate app just for developers when they are searching for information. Right makes sense but if I could have everything integrated with the launcher I use, it would extremely helpful, atm your default shortcut is the default shortcut of Alfred for example.

mlejva 6y ago
Ah yes, you're right. I forgot we sort questions based on their upvotes.
- minot 6y ago
  The follow up question I hope someone can answer is how does google sort them?
  - wcarss 6y ago
    This is a bit of a cop out answer, but Google probably sorts them based on something derived from PageRank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank In other words: according to some approximation of the authority of the page, given the graph of links to that page, and their estimated authority in the domain of the searched keywords -- it's possible (and likely, I think?) they aren't using stack overflow's vote counts in their sort at all.
kelsolaar 6y ago
And for completion, here is Alfred performing the same search: https://imgur.com/iIkGdO1 https://imgur.com/iIkGdO1

chris_f 6y ago

> We actually use Google's Search API under the hood. It might be possible that Google is giving you different results in a browser based on your search history. Cool project! Just a heads up, the Google search API provides different results than the normal Google web search. [0] It uses a different index that isn't as big, and handles term matching a little differently. There will be a personalization element for different results, but there are a lot of results that Google just won't be return through the search API. I also work a lot with the google API for Runnaroo [1] (and the Github and Stack Overflow APIs). [0] https://support.google.com/programmable-search/answer/70392?hl=en https://support.google.com/programmable-search/answer/70392?... [1] https://www.runnaroo.com/search?term=python+unique+list+values+ordered https://www.runnaroo.com/search?term=python+unique+list+valu...