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by yeukhon 4615 days ago
Is EE shop sites you would have visited before the search?

> a "simple bloom filter" for displaying product results at the top of a search page if it determines you have searched for a product.

"have searched" is not clear to me. I was expecting Google would just spit out a JSON response with all the search query for page 1 (including sponsored ads). Can you please elaborate on this please?

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> Is EE shop sites you would have visited before the search?

No. I think you might be parsing his statement wrong - it's not "have searched" as in searched for previously, it's "have searched for a PRODUCT" as in, your search is for a product (something purchasable in a store, preferably an online store) as opposed to something else.

The Bloom filter figures out if your search is for a product, and if it is, puts that box w/ sponsored links to stores that sell that product up at the top of your results.