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by AJ007 1642 days ago
That is wrong. Not sure where you got that idea from.
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judge2020 1642 days ago
Search 'hr platform' and you only get ads for HR platforms. At no point will you see totally unrelated ads for stuff you didn't search for, since those will do much worse than contextual ones in the search context.
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shukantpal 1642 days ago
Yeah but if you search for something generic, Google will infer what you are searching for based on your profile.
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ghusbands 1642 days ago
But the context/question is whether or not the adverts are different, not whether the search results are different.
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tekknik 1641 days ago
As a counter point, google used to (still does?) recruit based off of your search history. the famous “now you’re speaking our language” popups
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judge2020 1641 days ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17289580
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shukantpal 1641 days ago
The adverts will also be different since Google would infer what to show you - both in the results and advertisements.
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