Google is starting to tell you how it found Search results

FILE PHOTO Google app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken July 13 2021. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustrationFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Google app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

(Reuters) - Alphabet's Google will now show its search engine users more information about why it found the results they are shown, the company said on Thursday.

It said people googling queries will now be able to click into details such as how their result matched certain search terms, in order to better decide if the information is relevant.

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