NEWS / SERVICES

Google Search Gets Opinionated

12 Aug, 2009, 11:12 am IST | by Gagan Gupta | Services

Thanks to @tan1337 on our @tech2eets twitter feed for pointing this out, but it seems like Google search can seem quite opinionated in its search suggestions.

As @tan1337 pointed out that a simple search of “Twitter is” on Google spawns suggestions like — Twitter is down, Twitter is over capacity, Twitter is useless; we had to try it out for ourselves. Sure enough, even on the Firefox Google search bar, we got the negative suggestions, as can be seen in the image below.

We tried this out with Facebook as well, considering that it was the biggest competition to Google’s own Orkut. Sure enough, the results were equally negative.


But was this really a bias, or were these actually the most widely used search parameters? There was only one way to find out. We did a search on “Orkut is”, and as seen in the image below, our doubts were cleared.


What started as a shocking discovery, soon turned out to be a fun game. So is there any real bias in Google's search results? Probably not. But to make things a bit entertaining, we leave you with a screenshot of our search on “Google is”.

 

Tags: Google

RELATED STORIES

EU's Almunia offers Google chance to settle antitrust case, Google disagrees with opinion

EU's Almunia offers Google chance to settle antitrust case, Google disagrees with opinion

The European Union's antitrust chief on Monday offered Google a chance to settle an investigation into allegations of anti-competitive behaviour after ...

26/11 attacks planned using Google Earth, says U.S commander

Google to meet French regulator on privacy policy

Chrome 19 now available, features Tab syncing

Google Drive gets Research tool

Samsung confirms Galaxy Nexus will not officially launch in India

Google engineer behind Street View data breach identified

google office around the world

12 Mar, 2010, 10:37 am IST

google office around the world

HotForWords - GOOGLE SEXY OFFICIAL VIDEO

06 May, 2011, 09:31 am IST

HotForWords - GOOGLE SEXY OFFICIAL VIDEO

google Documentary - Discovery Channel

23 Jan, 2011, 04:05 pm IST

google Documentary - Discovery Channel

Interview with google's founder Sergey Brin

29 Jul, 2008, 03:59 pm IST

Interview with google's founder Sergey Brin

 

OPINIONS

Padmini Harchandrai

The latest "should they-shouldn't they" event with Facebook is the lift of the minimu...

MORE OPINIONS

Leaked Images, Availability, Pricing,
Specs, Pre-order

features

Mobile Money: All you need to know

Mobile Money: All you need to know

‘Mobile Money’ has been striving to become a known term, but for many...

By Naina Khedekar

Five ways to access blocked Internet sites

Five ways to access blocked Internet sites

The internet is a vast expanse and there’s a ton of information out...

By Rossi Fernandes

Hands On with Google Drive

Hands On with Google Drive

After eons of speculations, rumours and what not, Google Drive has finally

By Karan Shah

MORE FEATURES