Sometimes I like to stay within the realm of the known and familiar. A lot of times I will order the same thing at a restaurant that I go to a lot. I find being around people I know well preferable to being around strangers. Familiarity is more comfortable.
I don't need familiarity in my Google searches. I don't want Google to use my past activity to determine what search results to show me.
When I do a Google search, I want the Google algorithm paired with my ability to construct an intelligent search string to product e the most relevant, generic results possible. I don't want results that are custom tailored to my past activity.
There is a button in the upper right that lets you select between generic and 'custom tailored' search results, when you are logged in. I continually hit this button, but each time I reopen the browser, Google has defaulted to the custom search result view again. The best sure-fire way to disable the feature is to log out of Google altogether. Why is it that companies like Google and Facebook tend towards opt-out feature rollouts instead of opt-in?
In my particular case, when I search for something to do with robotics, Google will give special preference to my own blog posts and pictures. Why in the world would I want my own blog post to show up as a search result when looking for new information? I already know the information in my own blog - I wrote it myself! What good is a vanity search result? Answer: zero. It's worthless!
This new feature doesn't affect Joe Blow who doesn't use any of Google's products except for search. He isn't logged into Google anyway, so it's not on.
My internet experience is highly Google-centric so it's inconvenient for me to ever log out. Between Gmail, docs, Blogger, Analytics and AdSense I need to be logged into Google anytime I'm online.
Will you please give me a way to permanently opt out of custom search results? They go against everything I always thought Google search results were supposed to be. The entire world bought into the almighty Google algorithm - let us keep it. For unknown topics, the Google algorithm is smarter than I am, so don't let me dumb my own results down.
I don't need familiarity in my Google searches. I don't want Google to use my past activity to determine what search results to show me.
When I do a Google search, I want the Google algorithm paired with my ability to construct an intelligent search string to product e the most relevant, generic results possible. I don't want results that are custom tailored to my past activity.
There is a button in the upper right that lets you select between generic and 'custom tailored' search results, when you are logged in. I continually hit this button, but each time I reopen the browser, Google has defaulted to the custom search result view again. The best sure-fire way to disable the feature is to log out of Google altogether. Why is it that companies like Google and Facebook tend towards opt-out feature rollouts instead of opt-in?
In my particular case, when I search for something to do with robotics, Google will give special preference to my own blog posts and pictures. Why in the world would I want my own blog post to show up as a search result when looking for new information? I already know the information in my own blog - I wrote it myself! What good is a vanity search result? Answer: zero. It's worthless!
This new feature doesn't affect Joe Blow who doesn't use any of Google's products except for search. He isn't logged into Google anyway, so it's not on.
My internet experience is highly Google-centric so it's inconvenient for me to ever log out. Between Gmail, docs, Blogger, Analytics and AdSense I need to be logged into Google anytime I'm online.
Will you please give me a way to permanently opt out of custom search results? They go against everything I always thought Google search results were supposed to be. The entire world bought into the almighty Google algorithm - let us keep it. For unknown topics, the Google algorithm is smarter than I am, so don't let me dumb my own results down.
