Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 11, 2010
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 10:00pm CET by rustybrick
Tags: Search Forum Recap
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Google Flooding Web With Nexus One Ads?
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 3:00pm CET by rustybrick
Tags: Other Google Topics
A WebmasterWorld thread has both publishers, advertisers and searchers complaining about the number of ads they see for the Google Nexus One phone on the internet. Yes, it is no surprise the Nexus One ads are shown on the Google home page. But they are all over every AdSense spot I can find. Of course, not 100% of the time, but extremely often.
Here are two pictures of the ads:
Incredibill, the moderator of the AdSense WebmasterWorld forum said:
I couldn't believe I was actually adding "google.com" into my competitive ad filter.
Have you gone to that extreme?
I wonder if I put a Google AdSense unit below this line, if it will show a Nexus One ad? It is contextual relevant, no?
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
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Google Suggest Leads to 14 Year Old Stripping
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 2:49pm CET by rustybrick
Tags: Google Search Engine
We asked earlier today if Google should censor non-adult search suggestions. Google does censor out adult-oriented or illegal suggestions. But often they do not get censored unless someone really points it out in a public setting.
A Google Web Search Help thread points out the next upsetting search suggestion found on Google. Now, it isn't upsetting to me that Google is showing it, it is upsetting to me why Google is showing this. I'll explain in a bit. Here is a picture showing the search suggestion for [14 year old stripping].
Yea, Google is showing a search suggestion for [14 year old stripping.] Why? I guess because it is a popular query associated with the number 14. People who enter in 14 into Google are very likely to search for [14 year old stripping]. That is what is sad to me.
In any event, Google will remove the both adult-oriented and illegal search suggestion soon enough.
Forum discussion at Google Web Search Help.
Update: Google has removed the search suggestion and updated the forum thread explaining why:
Thank you for alerting me about this inappropriate query suggestion. The phrase that you reported falls into the category of pornographic terms that we'd consider for filtering from query suggestions. Will let you know if there are any updates to share.
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Playboy on Google News Fast Flip
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 2:40pm CET by rustybrick
Tags: Other Google Topics
Google just recently added the Fast Flip feature to the News home page. Some love it and some hate it, but should Google be showing topless women from Playboy in the Fast Flip news feature? That is what someone asked at a Google News Help thread.
If you go to Google News Fast Flip and click on "most viewed" and scroll a bit, you will see Iga/Eva topless. Here is a picture:
Should that come up on the Google News home page? Should it come up in Fast flip?
The searcher in the thread said:
New feature 'fastflip' started last week and front page of playboy showed up, topless woman in underwear. How do we disable fast flip? Parental control software is not catching it yet. Thanks
I assume as Google gets their feet wet with Fast Flip they will get better at censoring out adult-oriented news items.
Forum discussion at Google News Help.
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Poll: Should Google Censor Non-Adult Search Suggestions?
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 2:30pm CET by rustybrick
Tags: Google Search Engine
Ever since Google suggest became the default at Google.com back in 2008, the search suggestions had led to some controversy. Most recently over religions suggestions such as Christianity or Islam. Plus a month or so back, we had the Climategate controversy. We do know that Google censors out adult search suggestions and I don't think anyone would argue with that.
However, do you think Google should censor out non-adult negative search suggestions? Such as those that appear negative to religious beliefs or make companies look bad. For example, a WebmasterWorld thread is discussing a French ruling which required Google to remove the search suggestions that had the word 'scam' when you entered in a company name. Should those also be censored?
Take my poll:
Should Google Censor Non-Adult Search Suggestions?(opinion)
I for one believe adult content should be censored there, as Google does. But I do not believe Google should remove the others.
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
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Google Adds News Flip to Google News Home Page
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 2:12pm CET by rustybrick
Tags: Other Google Topics
Google has added the news fast flip feature of Google News to the bottom of the Google News home page.
If you go to Google News and scroll to the bottom of the page, you will see this just added to the bottom:
A WebmasterWorld thread has discussion around this feature. One person liked it so much, they want it on the Google web results, not just news results. Another person said he hated it, so he hit the "X" to remove it right away.
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.