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I don't think there is any biases behind it. Google is incentivized to return you results. And there are probably not enough Malaysian restaurants in Fremont.

I don't think there is any biases behind it. Google is incentivized to return you results. And there are probably not enough Malaysian restaurants in Fremont. So I would assume they have some data that says "people who like Malaysian cuisine tend to like Burmese cuisine as well". And so they are returning them as well. It does the same quite often. I am French and I live in Thailand. If I look for "crepes" it will return me results about "roti" (which for any French person is a disaster)

asiachick 4y ago
crepes != french. My first introduction to crepes was Japan. Yes I'm guessing they got them from France but searching for "crepes" is not the same as searching for "French restaurant" just like searching for "pizza" could get you anything in almost any country. But, as I pointed out, I searched for "French restaurant" in places that have far less French restaurants (Taipei, Singapore, just tried Panang Malaysia). Google still gave zero results that were not French restaurants.