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How long until you don't get proper search results unless you log in to Google+.

• hahainternet 13y ago
  That's already the case. My personalised search results pages are often way better than the generic ones. I added the Hacker News circle and a lot of you link a lot of very interesting and valuable articles.
  • EarthLaunch 13y ago
    Do G+ circles really influence search? If so, that's super annoying, because then I have to be careful what G+ circles I join. Personalized search is already annoying enough.
    • hahainternet 13y ago
      You don't 'join' circles. You put people /in/ circles. They influence search by increasing the relevance of links by people sharing them or +1ing them. You can just turn them off on the results page it seems but I have found it very beneficial. Why is it already annoying? The only reasons I've heard have been hypothetical.
      • EarthLaunch 13y ago
        Sorry, I didn't see your comment earlier. Putting people 'in' and joining is functionally the same, that's what I meant. The reason it annoys me is that I usually want my searches to be objective and global, not influenced by my preferences. I suppose a solution might be if their UI showed the influence clearly.
  • wwhitman 13y ago
    Should have figured that was the case, but even not logged in Google's search results are so much better that they have a practical, if not legal, monopoly on search. Trying to have any privacy these days is like trying to stop the tide with a sand castle.