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If you log out or search in Incognito Mode (basically stripping out that personalization data), NameCheap does show up first for the term "domain name."
by joelrunyon 15y ago
If you log out or search in Incognito Mode (basically stripping out that personalization data), NameCheap does show up first for the term "domain name."
- streptomycin 15y agoI tried that, and Wikipedia was #1 for me, which is probably a better result than any particular registrar.
- joelrunyon 15y agoSorry, I meant #1 as far as actual domain name registrars go. Namecheap was #2 and GoDaddy was #3. I think the author was referring to the fact that while Wikipedia has always been #1, GoDaddy & NameCheap had switched spots.
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- tjoff 15y agoAgain, depends. For me NameCheap comes up at 7th place in incognito mode. GoDaddy isn't on the first page but are on top for the advertised results. EDIT: I'm in Sweden (Europe)
- maxmcd 15y agoAre you in the united states?
- chimeracoder 15y ago> (basically stripping out that personalization data), Except for your IP address, along with all of the information sent along in your user agent string (browser, operating system, etc....) I don't know how Google takes advantage of any of that, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's no real way to get a 'canonical' unfiltered search at all... and even if you can, it makes this kind of statement 'X overtakes Y' rather meaningless if most searches have the potential to be so heavily filtered/bubbled.