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Search Engine. A Better Way To Hide From Google. Hideipvpn.com. What They Know. Leave Google Behind. Escape your search engine Filter Bubble! DuckDuckGo: Escape your search engine filter bubble. "But here's why some people probably don't like personalization: It's invisible. There is nothing on the results page that tells you whether your results are personalized or not. " Sorry, this is just not the case: we do provide indication on Google's search results page for personalized results.

Here's a couple links that talk about how we surface whether results have been personalized: is our support page and is an article on Search Engine Land from 2008 when we started surfacing information on how results were personalized. Here's a simple demo. Do a search in Chrome incognito mode and go to the bottom of the page. "Search customization details: matt cutts When possible, Google will customize your search results based on location and/or recent search activity. Web HistoryOne or more items in your Web History were used to improve search results. Search more securely with encrypted Google web search. Update June 25, 2010: Since we introduced our encrypted search option last month, we’ve been listening closely to user feedback.

Many users appreciate the capability to perform searches with better protection against snooping from third parties. We’ve also heard about some challenges faced by various school districts, and today, we want to inform you that we’ve moved encrypted search from to The site functions in the same way. For more information on this change, please read on here. As people spend more time on the Internet, they want greater control over who has access to their online communications. Years ago Google added SSL encryption to products ranging from Gmail to Google Docs and others, and we continue to enable encryption on more services.

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