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For the same query?

• websap 4y ago
  Depends on the query. Fact based queries should have the same answer. If I'm searching for Python, I'd expect to see more about the programming language than the animal.
  • throwaway290 4y ago
    > If I'm searching for Python, I'd expect to see more about the programming language than the animal. Which is different from what most people would expect. You see the problem.
• ceejayoz 4y ago
  Yes. I like that Google seems to surface programming results in the language I use. In the case of “boobies”, if I’m a bird expert it might give me info on blue footed boobies first.
  • Arnt 4y ago
    Or if you're a programmer and are looking for that paper written by Professor Firstname Lastname, you might prefer results about the CS professor, not about the eponymous person who undresses for a living. Or plays baseball for a living. I like arthouse films. ∀ arthouse ∃ approximately eponymous porn film. I can't say I dislike porn, but if the search engines were to treat me like my neighbour I'd never get any arthouse results. Too niche.
• Arnt 4y ago
  Query results are more diverse than you might expect. I once worked in a startup whose name we thought was unique, but in actual fact there were nine other similarly-named companies in the same city, not to mention names of non-local companies, organisations, products, objects…