Google Search Bias

Comments criticize Google's search results for heavy personalization, filter bubbles, ideological biases, and prioritizing ads or popularity over neutral relevance.

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theverge.com SEO US AI HN spreadprivacy.org DDG www.wsj google.com ycombinator.com google search results search results google search queries biased bing user news

Sample Comments

Sylos Jul 14, 2016 View on HN

Are we sure that this is not influenced by Google's search result personalization?

kkarakk Dec 6, 2017 View on HN

that kinda issue disappeared a couple of years ago when google started delivering targeted search results. an average user searching for google go will get google's product before any mention of the go language try it yourself, search for things you'd normally search for using an incognito unsigned into tab and you'll get wildly different search results than what you're used to as a developer/designer

ipaddr Jan 20, 2023 View on HN

It is a reflection on how google views popularity over usefulness.

new_guy Oct 20, 2021 View on HN

Another example of Google showing you not what you searched for but what they think you should see.

adamrezich Oct 3, 2022 View on HN

why do you think this? nothing in the article indicates this, and Google's questionable search results (compared to what they once were) has been a nearly constant topic of discussion for years now

Kodix Jan 23, 2019 View on HN

Here is a recent article suggesting that that's at least somewhat true:https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/4/18124718/google-search-re...

colordrops Mar 22, 2021 View on HN

The main problem with google search is that results are driven mostly by interests other than the user doing the search.

aisofteng Jan 5, 2017 View on HN

Your suggestion implies that Google manually modifies the results it gives to some search queries.

miohtama Apr 28, 2024 View on HN

The earlier 2019 discussion about how Google deliberately worsened search results to make people see more adshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40138486

dev_north_east Aug 28, 2018 View on HN

Google don't provide neutral search results. Everyone knows that.