Jew...

[Addurobi]

I bet everyone who sees this is going to click it because of the title...

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=Jew&meta=

I don't see what google is apologizing for... what is it?

[commandos]

because u are searching on canadian site ,

check the .com

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Jew&meta=


Second site is anti-jew site .

Jew (http://www.jewwatch.com/)

[Addurobi]

Aha. But I found this out while typing "Joogle" in google XD. That's when I got the "apology"

[commandos]

An explanation of our search results.

If you recently used Google to search for the word "Jew," you may have seen results that were very disturbing. We assure you that the views expressed by the sites in your results are not in any way endorsed by Google. We'd like to explain why you're seeing these results when you conduct this search.

A site's ranking in Google's search results is automatically determined by computer algorithms using thousands of factors to calculate a page's relevance to a given query. Sometimes subtleties of language cause anomalies to appear that cannot be predicted. A search for "Jew" brings up one such unexpected result.

If you use Google to search for "Judaism," "Jewish" or "Jewish people," the results are informative and relevant. So why is a search for "Jew" different? One reason is that the word "Jew" is often used in an anti-Semitic context. Jewish organizations are more likely to use the word "Jewish" when talking about members of their faith. The word has become somewhat charged linguistically, as noted on websites devoted to Jewish topics such as these:


shakti.trincoll.edu/~mendele/vol01/vol01.174
jewishworldreview.com/cols/jonah081500.asp

Someone searching for information on Jewish people would be more likely to enter terms like "Judaism," "Jewish people," or "Jews" than the single word "Jew." In fact, prior to this incident, the word "Jew" only appeared about once in every 10 million search queries. Now it's likely that the great majority of searches on Google for "Jew" are by people who have heard about this issue and want to see the results for themselves.

Our search results are generated completely objectively and are independent of the beliefs and preferences of those who work at Google. Some people concerned about this issue have created online petitions to encourage us to remove particular links or otherwise adjust search results. Because of our objective and automated ranking system, Google cannot be influenced by these petitions. The only sites we omit are those we are legally compelled to remove or those maliciously attempting to manipulate our results.

We apologize for the upsetting nature of the experience you had using Google and appreciate your taking the time to inform us about it.

Sincerely,
The Google Team



this is it ...

[Addurobi]

Google have a point there.

[Rasputin]

One of the results on page 1 referred to the issue:

The factors that Google uses to rank pages have long been a target for financial ends (i.e., Google-spam). But parallel to that, and less deeply examined than it should be, is the potential targeting for political ends. From this perspective, Google-bombing is a crude process, done for laughs, of what might, in the future, become much more serious political dirty-tricks.

I never thought about that alternative use for google-bombing. Scary stuff.

[Ohene]

google does hand edits all the time - why not this time? I think google hates jews but doesnt want to come out and say it.

[lorien1973]

I think google hates jews but doesnt want to come out and say it.
The search engine itself, or the company? :confused:

[commandos]

The search engine itself, or the company? :confused:

lol :) :D .

[debunked]

that jewwatch site - if you read the authors page, he admits he is a racist but not one - his bible is the racists bible (http://www.adamsbible.com/) which if you read it sounds similar to the koran or book of mormon. Pretty insane that the hate these people have.

[Surf_Dude]

Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are both Jewish, and appear on an online list of most famous Jews.

Google anti-jewish?
I don't think so.
Both Larry and Sergei appear to be remarkably tolerant.

[Addurobi]

debunked, an intellegent person wouldnt say that.

[ScottFish]

this is an old issue that used to be around. For a while when you searched for that term the #1 result was potentially offensive. Since google holds a promise that they wont hand-alter search results, putting that explaination up was the best solution.

There are other situations like this but i think this one in particular has been "google Bowled" out by contributors to Wikipedia.

[debunked]

debunked, an intellegent person wouldnt say that.
about what part?

[Monks]

jeez. thanks for all the insight...good stuff. WTF :-0