Google search results

[hawkvt1]

Does Google always return the results of a search query in a broad based fashion if the searcher does not use brackets or quote marks?  Or, do they display the older domains of sites with authority under the broad based parameters and newer sites only if there is a possible exact match?

How does Google decide which type of search results to display?

Thanks for any insight.

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[ReneReinholdt]

They have a "learning machine algorithm" so the servers do a best guess. When searching for apples it just looks at what most users where searching for and displays that result.