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Google Can’t Get You Lucky Anymore: It is Search Result Impotent

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Re: Google Can’t Get You Lucky Anymore: It is Search Result Impotent

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Post by gmyachtsman »

13rules wrote: post #20
gmyachtsman wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am getting this kind of result all the time from google. Interesting you are not.

I am getting similar results as travisp ... definitely not 34 in a row from Alibaba. Definitely some personalization from Google going on here.

Here is the url from google search. I should have given it originally: https://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&q=sun+ha...

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gmyachtsman wrote: post #21
13rules wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am getting similar results as travisp ... definitely not 34 in a row from Alibaba. Definitely some personalization from Google going on here.

Here is the url from google search. I should have given it originally: https://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&q=sun+ha...

Here's what I get for your comparison: https://img.skitch.com/20120814-j2xu3wswpure3aji84ah63566g.j...

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Post by gmyachtsman »

13rules wrote: post #22
gmyachtsman wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here is the url from google search. I should have given it originally: https://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&q=sun+ha...

Here's what I get for your comparison: https://img.skitch.com/20120814-j2xu3wswpure3aji84ah63566g.j...

13rules, are you getting 10 results on a page or 100? I can't see if there are more than 10 or see the url. The problem is only happening when displaying more than 10 search results on a page.

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Post by 13rules »

gmyachtsman wrote: post #23
13rules wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's what I get for your comparison: https://img.skitch.com/20120814-j2xu3wswpure3aji84ah63566g.j...

13rules, are you getting 10 results on a page or 100? I can't see if there are more than 10 or see the url. The problem is only happening when displaying more than 10 search results on a page.

Oh weird ... I see what you are talking about now. The num=100 does nothing to change the number of search results apparently, you have to change it in the settings.

With it at 100 results the first 19 are for coolibar.com and the next 8 for amazon.com

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Post by gmyachtsman »

davewasthere wrote: post #9
gmyachtsman wrote: post #2

What do you think, am I right about this?

Here's what I see (with personalisation). Without is roughly the same, only the two ads top right are missing and replaced with something that looks more generic. http://i.imgur.com/xwoOP.png

Hey Dave, if you are still interested -- I figured out what is causing my funky search results. If you set your google search to return 100 results on a page, you will see the same: multiple results in a row from a few domains. (I edited my original post too, so that people can see how to duplicate the problem).

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Post by gmyachtsman »

binarysolo wrote: post #18
gmyachtsman wrote: post #14

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hmmm, I had not thought of malware.

This might be a long shot, but consider doing an online antivirus scan such as housecall.trendmicro.com and see what's up. In my younger days of downloading things from the Internet, I've downloaded malware that hijacks your search results to be spamtacular -- for fun and profit on their end of course.

Hey binary, if you still care -- I realized that these google search results of link after link from the same domain, happens only when you have the search setting to return more than 10 results per page (worst problem at 100 results/page). Change your settings to 100 and you will see the same.

Re: Google Can’t Get You Lucky Anymore: It is Search Result Impotent

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Post by gmyachtsman »

SethMurphy wrote: post #6

I tried "sun hats" and got the ad from coolibar and only one other result out of ten on the first page. So, I ask for some more facts, not just anecdotal evidence of failure. Do you visit coolibar regularly? were you logged in or incognito? I tried both and got similar results. How many searches did you perform to come up with these anomalies? Have you seen this behavior before or perhaps it was just a bug? UPDATE: I…

Hey Seth, I found how you can get the same result: set your search to return 100 results per page and you will see google send the same domains over and over in a row.
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