John Hesch

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06-5-05

Google Search: failure

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How is that a search for the word failure on Google brings up the Biography of President George W. Bush as the number 1 result?

Politics aside, the word failure does not even exist on the page. Google is playing games with search results and it’s wrong!

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  1. Rich M Said,

    I actually think there’s a positive side to this kind of thing happening on Google’s search.

    It reminds people that Google’s rankings aren’t perfect and/or unbiased.

    Loyalty is great, but a lot of people seem to have a blind faith in Google that isn’t healthy.

  2. Derek Scruggs Said,

    This phenomenon was observed in 2003. See http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/google.asp

    Conservatives conspired to change the results. Look who is #3 at http://www.google.com/search?q=miserable+failure That site was #1 for a while.

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  4. Kim Siever Said,

    John,

    Here’s a more succinct link to your query page.

    http://www.google.com/search?q=failure

  5. John Said,

    Thanks Kim. I’m not sure how I got the one with all the overhead.

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