Search results from Google, Bing and others are compiled by computer algorithms designed to provide users with relevant and useful results, based on the search terms entered.

Each search engine brand has their own secret algorithm for scoring pages and then showing pages to the user. These complex formulas are constantly changing in an attempt to filter out increasing volumes of irrelevant,  spammy and offensive content from search results and hopefully encourage user loyalty to that particular brand of search engine.

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