Google “Pepper”: When a Brand Becomes More Popular Than the Meaning of the Word
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Re: Google “Pepper”: When a Brand Becomes More Popular Than the Meaning of the Word
#2Linguistic colonialism
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#3It's probably because no one in Big Pepper is very good at SEO.
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#4This must be regional, because it certainly doesn't show that for me in the UK, top two results are the wikipedia articles for the vegetable (capsicum) and black pepper.
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#5Yeah not the same here either, showing bell. Showing actual pepper, capsicum, & shelf pepper.
Guessing Google can just see your history looking at bras, and you’re being targeted ads.
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#6I expected to see Dr. Pepper :-) Never knew many people care to remember underwear brands.
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#7This is just Google having you profiled to like women's undergarments.
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#8Linguistic colonialism
Thanks to this we can google programming languages by their names.
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#9This must be regional, because it certainly doesn't show that for me in the UK, top two results are the wikipedia articles for the vegetable (capsicum) and black pepper.
It's not even just a region thing, it's a more individual history based customisation.
Google quickly adapts based on things you search.
For example I know if I google some keywords right now I'll likely get information about a detail in a computer game I play even without specifying.
At other times when I'm more into other hobbies it would be more likely to show more general results.
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#10In the end, search engines may prioritize this kind of content if they "detect" you may be the right target for those ads. Search engines balance the service vs the benefit, while companies try to position themselves as higher as they can.
I've been exploring alternatives, even self-hosting ones. Although it's complex due to the amount of pages out there.