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To: expat1000
Then, I've been had! Google is mow filter my results based on me? (did not expect this)!

Actually I've heard all the engines have algorithms that give you the results you want to see, and that includes political points of view. Like depending on your history the results for search on Obama would be very, very different. It's not so much filtering, as prioritizing. Maybe that has something to do with it.

I bet if you find the story on Adkins, follow the links, then go back and search again, multiple versions of the story will be on top of the list of results. Or for that matter, if you followed some FR links it might do the same thing. Now that would be an interesting experiment.

Maybe the fact you did not get the story on Adkins in your results indicates that you spend most of your time on left wing sites!! (Just kidding.)

9 posted on 04/30/2012 7:16:54 PM PDT by expat1000
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To: expat1000

lol (loucon daniel adkins : About 1,650,000 results (0.35 seconds))


10 posted on 04/30/2012 7:21:06 PM PDT by loucon
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To: expat1000
Actually I've heard all the engines have algorithms that give you the results you want to see, and that includes political points of view. Like depending on your history the results for search on Obama would be very, very different. It's not so much filtering, as prioritizing. Maybe that has something to do with it.

IOW, a confirmed Obot would never see a story critical of The One.

Leave it to google to improve on 1984's memory hole, and make it a personal memory hole...

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To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you need to threaten to report me to the Admin if I don’t add you to the list...

18 posted on 04/30/2012 8:51:43 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1196 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still...])
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