On Monday, April 12, 2021 10:20:39 PM David wrote: > On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 04:47, Stephen P. Molnar <s.mol...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > I admit that this is probably a silly question, but Google has not been > > a friend. > > This is quite puzzling, because my experience is quite different. > > > When I check Download packages only in Synaptic which directory is the > > destination? > > When I typed "synaptic download where" > into a google search, this 2012 answer was the first result: > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/40686/where-do-the-deb-files-go-wh > en-i-select-download-only-in-synaptic-package-man > > The search same result was obtained using the exact text above as > the google search string: > "When I check Download packages only in Synaptic which directory is > the destination" > > I hardly ever use google as a search engine. I wonder: does google give > me different results because I use gmail on so many linux-related mailing > lists? > > I guess to answer that question, I should be asking people who do NOT > use this mailing list what results they see for the same experiment :)
I am 95% positive that Google's search results depend on what they know about you and your search habits, email content, .... Some google search results as data points: Note: I'm surprised that my results (from google) were the same for the long string with and without quotes -- well, I mean the first result was the same -- with quotes there were only two results, without quotes there were a lote more. search string first result [synaptic download where] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Synaptic/PackageDownloadScript ["When I check Download packages only in Synaptic which directory is the destination"] https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-user@lists.debian.org/msg768121.html [When I check Download packages only in Synaptic which directory is the destination] https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-user@lists.debian.org/msg768121.html