On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 03:51:20PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > What their software *does* do, assuming that you > allow their cookies and script, is try to learn your preferences so that > it can take what it thinks are your interests into account when ordering > search results. This works pretty well for the average user who is > really only interested in major league sports and celebrities.
In my experience, it works pretty well for technical users too, as it learns that yes, I want the computer-techie version of this term, or the medical-industry version, rather than the sports-and-celebs version.