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Keeno
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03 Jan 2012, 6:55 am

jmnixon95 wrote:
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As an aside, try typing the phrase 'famous people' into Google. The first autocomplete that comes up for me is... 'famous people with aspergers' !


Probably because you look up a lot of stuff about Asperger's.
Google is personalized, you know.


I am aware that Google 'remembers' previous searches but when it does so (at least for me) the result turns up purple and the words 'Personalised with web history' appear beside the result.

That didn't happen in this case.

The next autocomplete after that was 'famous people with dyslexia' and that isn't something I've previously looked up.



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03 Jan 2012, 6:52 pm

Keeno wrote:
jmnixon95 wrote:
Keeno wrote:
As an aside, try typing the phrase 'famous people' into Google. The first autocomplete that comes up for me is... 'famous people with aspergers' !


Probably because you look up a lot of stuff about Asperger's.
Google is personalized, you know.


I am aware that Google 'remembers' previous searches but when it does so (at least for me) the result turns up purple and the words 'Personalised with web history' appear beside the result.

That didn't happen in this case.

The next autocomplete after that was 'famous people with dyslexia' and that isn't something I've previously looked up.


I got famous people with autism as the first result. If it's true that these results are personalized....frack.


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