tag:,2008:/1/tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.2695- 2008-07-02T20:21:07Z Comments for Poll: Has Personalization Improved Your Google Search Results? Movable Type 4.1 tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.2695 2007-08-06T08:47:42Z 2007-12-16T23:07:47Z Poll: Has Personalization Improved Your Google Search Results? This week's poll is part of our R/WW Files on Personalizing Google. We're asking if you've noticed much difference in your Google search results, now that Google claims you can "get more relevant search results" when signed into Google Accounts. Let us know what you think. Poll Survey - Take Our Poll... Richard MacManus http://www.readwriteweb.com This week's poll is part of our R/WW Files on Personalizing Google. We're asking if you've noticed much difference in your Google search results, now that Google claims you can "get more relevant search results" when signed into Google Accounts. Let us know what you think.

]]> tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.2695-comment:21809 Comment from Rahul on 2007-08-06 Rahul Seems like a kind of redundant question. You'd think that Google would aspire to improve search results without the user actually noticing, other than perhaps through the fact that you find what you're looking for relatively more quickly than before.

So for this poll, the most positive answer is probably "no, I haven't noticed". But at the same time, that's not really indicative of anything. Maybe people really don't have better search results due to personalisation.

]]> 2007-08-06T09:27:55Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.2695-comment:21810 Comment from James Pearce on 2007-08-06 James Pearce http://blgo.mobi There was one time when I opened the browser to start a search and the "Interesting Items For You" widget had the answer showing already.

Spooky? For sure. Helpful? I guess.

]]> 2007-08-06T09:58:47Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.2695-comment:21811 Comment from Mind Booster Noori on 2007-08-06 Mind Booster Noori http://mindboosternoori.blogspot.com There's an option missing in that poll: the "No, my search results got worse", which would be the option I would vote for. Google tends to give me the websites I already visit and know, but when I'm searching for something, I usually want to find something I don't know of, and Google fails to give me that. For me, usually, the results of a query to Google are better if I'm not logged in.

]]> 2007-08-06T10:00:15Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.2695-comment:21812 Comment from Richard MacManus on 2007-08-06 Richard MacManus http://www.readwriteweb.com Good point MBN, I added that option.

]]> 2007-08-06T10:46:35Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.2695-comment:21813 Comment from carlity on 2007-08-06 carlity http://startupflames.com The only thing I have noticed is seeing ads that are related to the location I happen to be in and I never click on the ads. So, so far it is worthless to me.

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]]> 2007-08-06T15:31:16Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.2695-comment:21814 Comment from Jitendra on 2007-08-06 Jitendra http://www.sezwho.com/blog Its really hard to say...Most of us users cannot detect incremental changes to the search results.

]]> 2007-08-06T18:26:43Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.2695-comment:21815 Comment from Mind Booster Noori on 2007-08-06 Mind Booster Noori http://mindboosternoori.blogspot.com Another thing I notice... Most people don't notice that their search results are different, because they're just used to see their own search results. I've had several times the experience of having to explain why my results are different than those of the person I'm explaining to, for the same query (of course). So, while you're getting lot's of "I haven't noticed any difference" or "not big changes", the perception isn't necessarily the change.

]]> 2007-08-06T19:21:28Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.2695-comment:21816 Comment from China Lawyer on 2007-08-06 China Lawyer http://www.harrismoure.com Damndest thing is that until I saw this I had forgotten I had personalized it. Hasn't appeared to change a thing.

]]> 2007-08-07T01:21:07Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.2695-comment:21817 Comment from Mind Booster Noori on 2007-08-07 Mind Booster Noori http://mindboosternoori.blogspot.com Chris: if you're interested in comparing results, you might want to use Googlonymous.

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