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searchbliss
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Posted - 12/05/2009 :  2:44:32 PM  Show Profile  Visit searchbliss's Homepage  Reply with Quote
The Google Blog posted yesterday an announcement that they have switched to personalized search results for users who are not signed into Google. These results are determined by the users behavior on a particular machine using cookies.

Let's look at the definition of SEARCH: to uncover or find by examination or exploration

How can one "explore" new information when the results will be based on what the user already knows? Full story...
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chrishirst
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Posted - 12/05/2009 :  4:05:10 PM  Show Profile  Visit chrishirst's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Personalised results can be turned off easily though if you want to.

http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=54048
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searchbliss
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Posted - 12/05/2009 :  4:48:38 PM  Show Profile  Visit searchbliss's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by chrishirst

Personalised results can be turned off easily though if you want to.

http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=54048

I don't believe the average Google user would be aware of this, however.
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chrishirst
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Posted - 12/05/2009 :  6:59:31 PM  Show Profile  Visit chrishirst's Homepage  Reply with Quote
True.

But the average Google user are just looking for what they want, and it's them that the personalisation is aimed at. The people who do random searching will know how to "defeat" the filters.
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searchbliss
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Posted - 12/06/2009 :  10:00:24 AM  Show Profile  Visit searchbliss's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by chrishirst

True.

But the average Google user are just looking for what they want, and it's them that the personalisation is aimed at. The people who do random searching will know how to "defeat" the filters.


Point well taken.
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WorldsPresidents
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Posted - 12/27/2009 :  08:53:31 AM  Show Profile  Visit WorldsPresidents's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I don't agree with this new feature. I liked it more before. I can say this from both a webmaster and an user point of view. Or maybe I am not used to it at the moment.
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rusistar
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Posted - 01/10/2010 :  03:03:16 AM  Show Profile  Visit rusistar's Homepage  Reply with Quote
A new user of a destined user has noting to do with all this as they are in search of things they want. I am sure that i will definitely not effect normal user as it is not under their consideration.
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alex111
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Posted - 01/13/2010 :  11:02:43 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Normally people just visit search engines for a particular information and if some results arises with search engines they have nothing to do with it.
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