September 4, 2006 at 13:46What explains the difference in Google search results
The official Google blog explains in detail how the search engine handles queries with letter characters : accents, French axan-graves, etc.
If a letter character is present in the search query, then Google search results will contain pages with the word in this version in both versions: both using the letter character and without it. For example, with the search query [México], both pages with the word “Mexico” and pages with the word “México” are searched ( copy the link to the screenshot to the clipboard ).
On the other hand, if a word without letter characters is present in the search query, which, however, is often found with letter characters, then both options will again be present in the search results. This can be seen on the search query [Mexico] ( link to screenshot ).
The search engine also takes into account the language of the user interface. The set of letter characters depends on this, which the system equates to the usual spelling of characters. A search query with French aksan-engraving will lead to different search results, depending on what the user interface is: French or some other. In this case, documents in the language of the user interface are considered more relevant.
Thus, search results in response to the same query vary depending on the language of the user interface. In addition, they may vary depending on its physical location, which is calculated by the IP address.
Additionally, a variety of personal settings for each user are taken into account, for example, issuing only pages in the native language or activating the search taking into account the history of search queries (personalized search).
To evaluate the difference in search results, take the same search query [Mexico] that we carried out from the English interface and run it from the interface with the Spanish language: link to screenshot. You can immediately notice how the number of documents with alphanumeric characters increased in the issuance, although there were no such characters in the request itself.
The options of the Google search engine enable the user to forcibly restrict the issuance of a particular spelling of a word. You can get from the search results only the option “Mexico” or only “México”. To do this, add the “+” symbol at the beginning of the search query: [+ Mexico] ( link to the screenshot ) or [+ México].
If a letter character is present in the search query, then Google search results will contain pages with the word in this version in both versions: both using the letter character and without it. For example, with the search query [México], both pages with the word “Mexico” and pages with the word “México” are searched ( copy the link to the screenshot to the clipboard ).
On the other hand, if a word without letter characters is present in the search query, which, however, is often found with letter characters, then both options will again be present in the search results. This can be seen on the search query [Mexico] ( link to screenshot ).
The search engine also takes into account the language of the user interface. The set of letter characters depends on this, which the system equates to the usual spelling of characters. A search query with French aksan-engraving will lead to different search results, depending on what the user interface is: French or some other. In this case, documents in the language of the user interface are considered more relevant.
Thus, search results in response to the same query vary depending on the language of the user interface. In addition, they may vary depending on its physical location, which is calculated by the IP address.
Additionally, a variety of personal settings for each user are taken into account, for example, issuing only pages in the native language or activating the search taking into account the history of search queries (personalized search).
To evaluate the difference in search results, take the same search query [Mexico] that we carried out from the English interface and run it from the interface with the Spanish language: link to screenshot. You can immediately notice how the number of documents with alphanumeric characters increased in the issuance, although there were no such characters in the request itself.
The options of the Google search engine enable the user to forcibly restrict the issuance of a particular spelling of a word. You can get from the search results only the option “Mexico” or only “México”. To do this, add the “+” symbol at the beginning of the search query: [+ Mexico] ( link to the screenshot ) or [+ México].
