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What if I told you Google search results are partially based on behaviour data, meaning the results you get for a search potentially differ from mine

It doesn't happen to me so it doesn't exist does not apply in this case

Use duck duck go, my lad.

Thanks for reminding me! Just set it up as the default search provider in my browser.

Google search doesn't really work for power users anymore and I don't see that changing for the better anytime soon.

Alternatively, if you can't do without the google search algorithm, use startpage. Doesn't track and bubble you, anonymises the queries.

Indeed. Every single result in the first "page" was about c++ maps.

Google fixed this specific case and a few others last year: https://blog.google/products/search/improvements-searching-s...

"Slightly exaggerated example since I can't remember any concrete ones off the top of my head"

I can confirm what they say is true, but probably not with this specific sentence. It's also really not useful while searching for phone numbers (which it changes completely without a second thought).