<story><title>How Google alters search queries to get at your wallet</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/google-antitrust-lawsuit-search-results/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>JohnFen</author><text>I have no idea if they do it to for ad reasons, but Google has been creatively interpreting search queries for a long while now. I think it&amp;#x27;s one of (maybe the primary) the reasons why Google search quality has fallen so much.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s not a huge stretch to think that while they&amp;#x27;re at it, they would take into account advertisers. Again, not saying they are -- only that it wouldn&amp;#x27;t be that shocking.</text></comment>
<story><title>How Google alters search queries to get at your wallet</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/google-antitrust-lawsuit-search-results/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tedunangst</author><text>&amp;gt; Say you search for “children’s clothing.” Google converts it, without your knowledge, to a search for “NIKOLAI-brand kidswear,” making a behind-the-scenes substitution of your actual query with a different query&lt;p&gt;Wait. Is this example from the court testimony, or something the author made up?</text></comment>