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Comment on Ask HN: Anyone here who works at Google Search?

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It is usually wrong.

It's usually right for me. I've got to say, I actually appreciate the feature change. It means the most likely option I'm looking for is listed in the first couple, so I don't have to scroll horizontally on mobile.

Also, they track this stuff extensively and have exact metrics on how often people are selecting the 2nd tab vs the 7th one. They don't roll these things out to everyone until they have stats proving they're a success -- like faster clicks.

Now of course there will always be outlier users/queries here, and it sounds like that might be the case for you. But I don't think you should generalize to assume that's the case for everyone.

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