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		taneq on April 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It seems that Google is forgetting the old web Oh, they still "personalize" your search results. I do a full clear on my web browser (cookies / offline storage / history, everything) and then open YouTube in a private browsing window and it asks me which of my two Gmail accounts I want to log in with. I'd guess it's just a combo of external IP and browser fingerprint, but it's creepy.

JohnFen on April 9, 2019 [–]

I know they do, and I consider this a real problem. I was just saying that personalization isn't a completely satisfactory explanation for the decline in Google search result quality. It is likely to be a factor in that, though.

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