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These Impossible Search Queries Turn Google Into A Total Porn Machine
In a way, Google already is a porn machine; it is what you make of it. But it turns out that a handful of bizarre, technically impossible search queries turn the raunchiness up like 20 notches and cause the engine to return porn results almost exclusively. The searches themselves aren’t dirty in the slightest, either. It’s ridiculous.
Dogpile’s Autocomplete Suggestions Are Mad
Before Google there were many search engines worth trying out on the Internet. Technically, many of them still exist. What, you haven’t visited Dogpile recently? Well maybe you should, if only to see what its puny algorithm thinks you’re searching for.
Recursive Google Image Search Is Nuts
As you may know, you can search for photos by dropping a picture on Google Images. It shows you images that are equal or similar to yours. This is what happens when you feed one search with the result of the previous search. 2951 times.
Google Tells US Senate That iOS Dominates Mobile Search
Here’s How US Spies Will Find You Through Your Pics
Wolfram Alpha Sings The Theme From Shaft
China Gets A Search Engine Of Its Own
Google may have shut down its China-approved search engine, but the Chinese government isn’t losing any sleep over it. The largest news agency in China (which is government run) is launching a search engine of their own, Panguso, to provide citizens with results approved by the Communist powers that be. If you’re interested in freeing Tibet, you probably don’t wanna start here. [PhysOrg]
Google On Bing Stealing Search Results: ‘We’d Like This To Stop’
The catty slapping between Google and Microsoft has reached a crescendo today, with Google’s Amit Singhal taking to the official Google blog to expand more on yesterday’s shocking revelation that Bing is stealing their search results.
