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Google is making it easier to switch off personalized search results thanks to an option that sometimes appears at the bottom of the results page, as reported by Search Engine Roundtable<\/em><\/a>. After searching for something, scroll all the way down and look for a link to \u201cTry without personalization.\u201d Click or tap that and Google will load a new page without personalized results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The link might not be present for you in all searches. Some results for me include a message at the end of the results page that already says \u201cResults are not personalized.\u201d This might be user error \u2014 maybe I have other settings that prevent it from appearing or am not using the right queries. But I did get the option to turn off personalized results much more often for searches on my iPhone than on my Mac, for some reason. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThis change makes it easier for people to get an accurate understanding of whether their results have been personalized, while also providing them with the opportunity to explore non-personalized results,\u201d spokesperson Ned Adriance says in a statement. \u201cWe also make it easy for people to adjust their personalization settings\u00a0at any time.\u201d Adriance adds that \u201cwhile we previously showed this information in About this result on individual results, this display is more accessible and clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Adriance also says that the link \u201cgives people the option to temporarily view results that aren\u2019t personalized\u201d \u2014 so note that if you tap the link to try results without personalization, you\u2019re not permanently<\/em> changing your personalization settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n You have already been able to get unpersonalized search results for a very long time; as Search Engine Roundtable<\/em> reported in 2007<\/a>, you can see unpersonalized results by appending a parameter, \u201c&pws=0,\u201d to the end of a Google search URL. You can also turn off personalized search from your Google account settings. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n