[discostu]

I hated having FR pages show up on google. Probably because 90% of the time I’m googling it’s for a discussion on FR and unfortunately often the very thread I’m discussing on wound up the first page. Rather inconvenient that.

[Responsibility2nd]

Yeppers. I’ve noticed this for a month or two now.

Not every time. But it does happen. Either Google wants to direct traffic from site:freerepublic.com or they have dumbed down and screwed up another search function.

Either scenario is possible.

[george76]

Is google evil ?

[lightman]

Not quite true.

Article I posted two days ago on FR "From the ash heap of history" still shows up on Google (with that title in quotes); fifth entry down the page.

http://www.google.com/search?ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en&source=hp&q=%22the+ash+heap+of+history%22&gbv=1&oq=%22the+ash+heap+of+history%22&gs_l=heirloom-hp.12...4301.10427.0.12111.25.2.0.23.0.0.1497.2297.6-1j1.2.0....0...1ac.1.34.heirloom-hp..24.1.1497.68vgqdTc1uI

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Don’t use Google for anything. I set Free Republic as my home page, and use Bing for other stuff. Google is bad, m’kay?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Google Advanced Search is working fine for me.

This search “(Vanity) Google search is no longer linking to Free Republic pages site:freerepublic.com” takes me right to this article. But you don’t have a linked article.

This search “A Vision that Hasn’t Aged Well site:freerepublic.com” takes me to the correct FR page, not the linked article at Townhall.com.

[ansel12]

You mean like this search, for “gay marriage” on FR from 1/1/1999-1/1/2005?

I have noticed what you are talking about, for at least a week.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=gay+marriage&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=freerepublic.com&as_occt=any&safe=images&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1%2F1%2F1999%2Ccd_max%3A1%2F1%2F2005&as_filetype=&as_rights=

[marjiwoj]

Are we each living in our own “filter bubble?”