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I believe Google's algorithm will confound such experiments because it tailors search results according to user history. Which may mean that some portion of the
by twofornone 5y ago
I believe Google's algorithm will confound such experiments because it tailors search results according to user history. Which may mean that some portion of the HN crowd could see worse than average performance if they are more likely to clear cookies and/or search without a login.
- aix1 5y agoI think you're right: some sort of personalisation could well be contributing to the discrepancy. P.S. Driven by curiosity, I repeated my experiment from an incognito window and it yielded the same results. This time I looked at the results beyond page one, and at least the first few pages of results are 100% relevant.
- 9dev 5y agoI hate that they do this. Sometimes I just want neutral results. Nothing scoped to my location, to my search history or preferences I don’t even know of myself. Especially when researching a controversial topic, and try to get new data.