Strange google behavior

by havefunandlive

Posted: 17 years ago 5 replies

When I search for my term on google, my article comes up as number 1, but when my friend who lives a mile or 2 away from me searches for the exact same search term, he gets all of the same results, except for my actual article.

Does anybody know why google would behave this way?

I haven't promoted my article using the google feature, so I have no idea why this would happen.

#behavior #google #strange

ramkarthik 17 years ago

Are you sure both of them are searching using the same Google domain extension?

Because I use Google.COM for searching while my friend uses Google.CO.IN, which is default option for Indian searchers.
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- havefunandlive 17 years ago
  
  I'm sure. He lives like a mile or two away, so I'm sure he's also using google.com
  
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  ppc4profit 17 years ago
  
  It is behaviou many people observe.
  
  Google enquiries are served out of data centers which are load balanced and updated at different times. So for new content you could get different results yourself merely by refreshing the search screen.
  
  Also personal search history can play a role in the results returned.
  
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  dburk 17 years ago
  
  Hi havefunandlive,
  
  It's called Personalized Search. Google recognizes that you have visited the page before so it ranks higher in your personalized search results.
  
  If you log out of iGoogle and then try the search again you may find a different result. Personalized Search now makes it difficult to see where you rank since it can be different for each user.
  
  If you want to get a fairly good indication of where you rank try this tool:
  
  https://adwords.google.com/select/Ad...ingPreviewTool
  
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Steve Peters Benn 17 years ago

Havefun, it does sound like Personalised search. If not that, then you might be on different Data Centres.
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