Posted on 01/11/2010 5:47:57 AM PST by null and void
Google says its working to fix a bug in Google Suggest that is blocking search suggestions related to Islam. As The Next Web has reported, typing Islam is into Google shows no terms from Google Suggest.
But replace Islam with a number of other major religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, etc. and Google Suggest shows a variety of terms, including many negative ones like is a lie, is false, is a cult, etc. The discrepancy between how these religions are portrayed and the lack of suggested terms for Islam is led some to accuse Google of favoritism.
Not so, Google says. A spokesperson tells us: This is a bug and were working to fix it as quickly as we can.
Here’s what Google shows:
Christianity is...
1) Bullsh*t
2) Not a religion
3) A lie
4) False
5) A cult
6) Wrong
7) Fake
btt
Yea, right.
And Obama got into Harvard because of his intellect.
\sarc
‘Scroggle’ also claims IP address is not saved or passed through, no search result information saved, and everything is done in SSL....
Indeed, but Scoogle is only in SSL when you access it via https://ssl.scroogle.org. The normal Scroogle Scraper (http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm) does not use SSL.
Additionally, Scroogle does not show any pictures, while IXQuick still does. However, I do also use SSL Scroogle at times.
One last thing about Sctoogle versus IXQuick is that IXQuick gets audited by an independent group.
I don’t know if anyone can validate what happens with your info at Scroogle.org except for their own words on it.
CM, thanks for the info re Scroggle, I think I’ll start using Ixquick more frequently.
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