The Google search function comes with a handy helper. Typically, when you begin to type in search terms, a drop down window will appear to provide helpful suggestions, based on the search terms Google users are typing in most often.
I mention this, because a couple of days ago, typing the word “climate” into the window resulted in “climate hack” and “climate emails” popping up near the top of the handy helper suggestion list.
Today, Google’s handy helper seems to have had a change of heart.
I tried a stronger hint…
Maybe my eyes deceived me. Maybe no one out there was searching for “climate emails” after all?
The same non-thing happens with “climate hack”.
I know you’re asking the same question I am – has Google been hijacked by the folks at Wikipedia….?
Update: Several commentors using google.com are reporting their search bars are behaving like mine was yesterday. I’ve been using google.ca the whole time, so I still can’t explain the change in behavior.
Yesterday I could type “climate” and get “climategate” as a suggested keyword, but now it is gone.
Al Gore is a Senior Adisor for Google. It says so on his official bio:
http://www.algore.com/about.html
I’ve send an email to foxnews about censoring by google and wikipedia. Maybe more people can complain around the world ?
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I think more people are trying 😀
Some started to come up after a few more letters.
“climate hockey stick fraud” was a suggestion after I got to “climate hoc”.
“climate hoax” was a suggestion after “climate h”
“climate fraud” after “climate fr”
“climate bullshit” after “climate bul”
“agw fraud” after “agw f”
“agw hoax” after “agw h”
“cru lost data” after “cru l”
I got to ‘climat’ before ‘climate emails’ showed up, 8th on the list…using Google US.
Nothing at all trying ‘climategate’ (kept giving me climate guatamela results).
Got to ‘climate hac’ before ‘climate hacking’ popped up.
Hey, they must have read your article because I jsut tried it and climate e…comes up climate emails. What do these people think before they do things like this? That they won’t get caught and look stupid? Global warming hysterics and the left..their motto should be: “we will if we can until we get found out”
Anyone a big Twitter user? Has ‘Climategate’ been one of the popular ‘Trending Topics’ in the past week? I’ve not seen it if it has.
I have done regular tests on the Google drop down window.
google.co.nz used to prompt with these phrases but now does not:
climate hack
cru hack
climategate
google.com was not working for those yesterday but is working now.
I suspect it’s a feeble attempt at censorship that has bugs in it.
ah ‘the truth will out’.
google THAT mssrs personal boeing aircraft.
anybody got, like, an office phone number for those fukdiks?
We need a conservative search engine,might as well make it so it doesnt archive all a persons search history etc.