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Google Sabotaging Free Republic Searches Again [aw!m vanity]

Posted on 10/06/2016 7:01:14 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March

Google is at it again, sabotaging us.

I typed an advance search: cloward piven.

I restricted the search to freerepublic.com

And a bunch of jibberish 'web sites' came up with dire warnings before they displayed an actual thread:

"This site may harm your computer."


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1 posted on 10/06/2016 7:01:14 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Expected ....


2 posted on 10/06/2016 7:03:49 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

As for myself I’m not seeing any problems. I googled “Free Republic” with no problems. Then I googled “Artemis Webb Free Republic” again with no problems.


3 posted on 10/06/2016 7:05:12 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (Ted Kennedy burns in hell.)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

duckduckgodotcom!

No tracking, no ads, no bubble......

gigglebox as a last resort

KYPD


4 posted on 10/06/2016 7:05:36 AM PDT by petro45acp (" It IS About Islam: exposing the truth about ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the caliphate" by Glenn Beck)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Try using the Startpage wrapper for google

https://classic.startpage.com/do/search

with the search target

host:freerepublic.com +piven +cloward

Turns up lots of FR stuff.
5 posted on 10/06/2016 7:07:29 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Been going on for eons.

can we over come everything being against the American people?

Founders knew.....


6 posted on 10/06/2016 7:08:03 AM PDT by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: Artemis Webb

They don’t nerf opposition-research on us so that people can datamine us.

It’s very selective.


7 posted on 10/06/2016 7:09:46 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

I got normal results just now - maybe they’re monitoring us.

USING

site:freerepublic.com “cloward piven”


8 posted on 10/06/2016 7:14:13 AM PDT by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

After obama gave the internet away, Free Republic’s, Conservative Sites, and Christian along with Jewish sites days are numbered in the low digits.


9 posted on 10/06/2016 7:14:21 AM PDT by sport
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

I never ever ever use google for anything if I can avoid it.


10 posted on 10/06/2016 7:15:43 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: CharlesOConnell

You can take to the bank that they are monitioring anyone using Free Republic.com. And have been for years.


11 posted on 10/06/2016 7:16:38 AM PDT by sport
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To: Paine in the Neck

Thank you! Saved the page in favorites ...

https://classic.startpage.com


12 posted on 10/06/2016 7:21:07 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: sport

>>You can take to the bank that they are monitioring anyone using Free Republic.com. And have been for years.

Then let me be the 9 millionth to say that Barak Insane Yomamma is a pansy dictaster.


13 posted on 10/06/2016 7:22:32 AM PDT by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: CharlesOConnell

Top four hits were still absolute junk and tagged with warnings.

But I used an advanced search page, typing freerepublic.com in the alloted bar.


14 posted on 10/06/2016 7:24:27 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: sport

I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s coordination, such as the FEC’s recent move.


15 posted on 10/06/2016 7:27:50 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: rktman

I like the options in google to rapidly narrow searches, but this also has advanced options if you type them in manually:

https://classic.startpage.com


16 posted on 10/06/2016 7:29:26 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: petro45acp

I agree, I’ve been using duckduckgo for long time too.


17 posted on 10/06/2016 7:33:40 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: petro45acp

Oh, I forgot.

I use https:

(secure shell, TLS only)

Life is good.


18 posted on 10/06/2016 7:35:13 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
I'm seeing it too. When I search on:

site:freerepublic.com cloward piven

I get "This site may harm your computer" on most of the hits.

I get the same results when searching for anything containing English text. This also happens when searching for foreign words that are newsworthy (like "Merkel" or "Farage").

Here's the weird bit: When the search terms involve no normal English text (like names of freepers or obscure foreign words) there is no such warning. E.g., searches like the following work OK:

site:freerepublic.com ILMARINEN

site:freerepublic.com snarkpup

It looks like the warning is triggered by the search terms; and the content of the pages found is irrelevant.

19 posted on 10/06/2016 7:42:32 AM PDT by snarkpup (Hillary gets flak because she's being exposed; Trump gets flak because he's over the target.)
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To: Paine in the Neck; petro45acp

I just tried out ...

https://duckduckgo.com

It’s wicked-fast. Of course, I set my browser to not load images, so it may not reflect everyone’s load speed.

Can’t make up my mind, guys!

Both are really great.


20 posted on 10/06/2016 7:47:21 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March
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