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TFA talks about Google testing with "unknown IP", but doesn't mention any testing done by the author with cookies cleared or in incognito mode. This seems basic

• finnh 5y ago
  What do you expect incognito to change? That would presumably show the same content the author is seeing. Only Google sees the content that drives the ranking. It is Google that needs "incognito" mode, not the author.
  • jessaustin 5y ago
    I stopped using google for search because I noticed the filter bubble it was building around me. Perhaps that wasn't maintained by cookies, but in that case I wonder what it was...
  • QuietCF 5y ago
    For all we know (as the OP doesn’t mention trying incognito) the OP could have malicious software on their device that hijacks their browser to manipulate search results
    • feikname 5y ago
      that's easily verifiable doing the searches yourself; a search for "hvor ofte bør man dusje" in my english google, conencting from brazil shows havfruen4220.dk as 6th and 7th result, which is pretty high for a spam website "hvordan regne prosent" shows 2 dk websites www.humanrebels.dk, and havfruen4220.dk as 9th and 10th results could be since the OP clicked on these links to find out google made his personal algorithm show even more of this stuff thus, I imagine a never ending cycle of even more spam could easily be generated, specially for an innocent user
    • aembleton 5y ago
      Does incognito prevent malicious software from hijacking your browser?