Google News Bug Shows Black/Blank Images

May 8, 2009 - 8:25 am 0 by
Filed Under Misc Google

A Google News Help thread reports on a confirmed Google News bug where blank or black images show up in the search results.

For example, a search for letsrecycle in Google News returns a result with an image that looks like this:

Google News Blank Image Issue

Google has confirmed the issue in the thread and said:

This is something that we see from time to time. It's usually temporary, but let us know [1] if you keep seeing it.

They seem to be aware of the bug, but not too keen on fixing it any time soon.

Forum discussion at Google News Help.

 

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