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January 25, 2006

Google Suggest is Racist?

Have you tried out Google Suggest, it has been out in beta since 12/04. If not, give it a try. Try typing in "americans are" and see what it suggests. :) Try different countries and see what it suggests. Even try "yahoo is ", "google is " and so on. You may be surprised.

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posted rustybrick in Other Google Topics at January 25, 2006 7:56 AM Comments (6)

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Didn't Philipp actually build an app around this concept not too long ago? (Of course that could be said about almost anything... :)

 

Posted by Erik at January 25, 2006 11:30

Possible, got a link to it?

 

Posted by Barry Schwartz at January 25, 2006 11:33

I was wrong, I think. Not an app, but he did post about it here, in reference to someone else's original post here.

 

Posted by Erik at January 25, 2006 11:42

Is there knowledge on what they list these terms by?

 

Posted by Gilad.G at January 26, 2006 08:43

Popularity of searches, I believe.

 

Posted by Barry Schwartz at January 26, 2006 08:52

I may have been a sheltered kid, but I find it hard to believe that the most popular "israel is" term is "israel is often used as an argument against god.", it even comes with a period at the end...

 

Posted by Gilad.G at January 26, 2006 09:32

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