Comments on: The Racist Michelle Obama Photo And WTF Is Up With Google? http://disgrasian.com/2009/11/the-racist-michelle-obama-photo-and-wtf-is-up-with-google/ You're a disgrace. To the race. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:14:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Sara http://disgrasian.com/2009/11/the-racist-michelle-obama-photo-and-wtf-is-up-with-google/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Sara Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:19:42 +0000 http://disgrasian.com/?p=4768#comment-397 I'm a huge fan of your site, and read it every day. But! (there's always a but, isn't there?) In this case I think you're wrong. Google really does work by algorithms, and I can understand why they consider those algorithms sacred. In simple terms: the reason google search suggests Michelle Obama Monkey as a search terms is because a crap ton of people used that search term to find the picture you guys are talking about after the blogosphere spread the news about it. If it's googled often, google's algorithms (yeah, them again) will consider it a popular search terms and suggest it. Simple as that, nobody in google HQs has anything to do with that, and I'm pretty sure most of them would like to remove such things (would certainly make things easier for them, right? avoid the stuff that causes confrontation and negative publicity) if their company policy wasn't so clearly against messing with the search algorithms. I’m a huge fan of your site, and read it every day. But! (there’s always a but, isn’t there?) In this case I think you’re wrong. Google really does work by algorithms, and I can understand why they consider those algorithms sacred.

In simple terms: the reason google search suggests Michelle Obama Monkey as a search terms is because a crap ton of people used that search term to find the picture you guys are talking about after the blogosphere spread the news about it. If it’s googled often, google’s algorithms (yeah, them again) will consider it a popular search terms and suggest it. Simple as that, nobody in google HQs has anything to do with that, and I’m pretty sure most of them would like to remove such things (would certainly make things easier for them, right? avoid the stuff that causes confrontation and negative publicity) if their company policy wasn’t so clearly against messing with the search algorithms.

]]> By: Simon http://disgrasian.com/2009/11/the-racist-michelle-obama-photo-and-wtf-is-up-with-google/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Simon Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:54:21 +0000 http://disgrasian.com/?p=4768#comment-395 Has anyone offered to proof-read their apology? I would consider it "foreign affairs" cred. Happy Thanksgiving Disgrasian! Has anyone offered to proof-read their apology? I would consider it “foreign affairs” cred.

Happy Thanksgiving Disgrasian!

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