{"id":23820,"date":"2006-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/how-search-results-may-differ-based-on-accented-characters-and-interface-languages\/"},"modified":"2006-09-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-01T00:00:00","slug":"how-search-results-may-differ-based-on-accented-characters-and-interface-languages","status":"publish","type":"ar_kb","link":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/how-search-results-may-differ-based-on-accented-characters-and-interface-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"How search results may differ based on accented characters and interface languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gargardate\">Friday, September 01, 2006<\/p>\n<p>\n  When a searcher enters a query that includes a word with accented characters, our algorithms<br \/>\n  consider web pages that contain versions of that word both with and without the accent.<br \/>\n  For instance, if a searcher enters &#8220;<span>M\u00e9xico<\/span>&#8220;, we&#8217;ll return results for<br \/>\n  pages about both &#8220;<span>Mexico<\/span>&#8221; and &#8220;<span>M\u00e9xico<\/span>&#8220;.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Search results for both mexico and m\u00e9xico\" src=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kb-gorsel\/g-f8efa2fc9383.png\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p>\n  Conversely, if a searcher enters a query without using accented characters, but a word in that<br \/>\n  query could be spelled with them, our algorithms consider web pages with both the accented and<br \/>\n  non-accented versions of the word. So if a searcher enters &#8220;<span>Mexico<\/span>&#8220;,<br \/>\n  we&#8217;ll return results for pages about both &#8220;<span>Mexico<\/span>&#8221; and<br \/>\n  &#8220;<span>M\u00e9xico<\/span>&#8220;.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Search results for both mexico and m\u00e9xico\" src=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kb-gorsel\/g-fa3f7818f6c8.png\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-the-searchers-interface-language-comes-into-play\" tabindex=\"-1\">How the searcher&#8217;s interface language comes into play<\/h2>\n<p>\n  The searcher&#8217;s interface language is taken into account during this process. For instance, the<br \/>\n  set of accented characters that are treated as equivalent to non-accented characters varies<br \/>\n  based on the searcher&#8217;s interface language, as language-level rules for accenting differ.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Also, documents in the chosen interface language tend to be considered more relevant. If a<br \/>\n  searcher&#8217;s interface language is English, our algorithms assume that the queries are in English<br \/>\n  and that the searcher prefers English language documents returned.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This means that the search results for the same query can vary depending on the language<br \/>\n  interface of the searcher. They can also vary depending on the location of the searcher (which<br \/>\n  is based on IP address) and if the searcher chooses to see results only from the specified<br \/>\n  language. If the searcher has personalized search enabled, that will also influence the search<br \/>\n  results.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The example below illustrates the results returned when a searcher queries<br \/>\n  &#8220;<span>Mexico<\/span>&#8221; with the interface language set to Spanish.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Search results for both mexico and m\u00e9xico\" src=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kb-gorsel\/g-f85be0dd2bb4.png\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p>\n  Note that when the interface language is set to Spanish, more results with accented characters<br \/>\n  are returned, even though the query didn&#8217;t include the accented character.\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-restrict-search-results\" tabindex=\"-1\">How to restrict search results<\/h2>\n<p>\n  To obtain search results for only a specific version of the word (with or without accented<br \/>\n  characters), you can place a <code>+<\/code> before the word. For instance, the search<br \/>\n  &#8220;<span>+Mexico<\/span>&#8221; returns only pages about<br \/>\n  &#8220;<span>Mexico<\/span>&#8221; (and not &#8220;<span>M\u00e9xico<\/span>&#8220;). The search<br \/>\n  &#8220;<span>+M\u00e9xico<\/span>&#8221; returns only pages about<br \/>\n  &#8220;<span>M\u00e9xico<\/span>&#8221; and not &#8220;<span>Mexico<\/span>&#8220;. Note that you<br \/>\n  may see some search results that don&#8217;t appear to use the version of word you specified in your<br \/>\n  query, but that version of the word may appear within the content of the page or in anchor text to<br \/>\n  the page, rather than in the title or description listed in the results. (You can see the top<br \/>\n  anchor text used to link to your site by choosing <b>Statistics<\/b><br \/>\n  <span aria-label=\"and then\">&gt;<\/span> <b>Page analysis<\/b> in<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\" class=\"external-link\">Webmaster Tools<\/a>.)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The example below illustrates the results returned when a searcher queries<br \/>\n  &#8220;<span>+Mexico<\/span>&#8220;.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Search results for both mexico when the query is preceded by a plus sign\" src=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kb-gorsel\/g-606e4aeb31f6.png\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, September 01, 2006 When a searcher enters a query that includes a word with accented characters, our algorithms consider web pages that contain versions of that word both with and without the accent. For instance, if a searcher enters &#8220;M\u00e9xico&#8220;, we&#8217;ll return results for pages about both &#8220;Mexico&#8221; and &#8220;M\u00e9xico&#8220;. 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