75 to 85 percent of people are unaware of search result manipulation.

Evidence

What’s even more alarming is that between 75 and 85 per cent of people showed virtually no awareness of the manipulation. The researchers termed this the ‘search engine manipulation effect’ (SEME). — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 399

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