Ask Google about what sucks... pretty random answer

Discussion in 'Google' started by 87654321, Feb 6, 2007.

  1. #1
    I was really bored and I searched for 'what sucks' and Google gave me a prompt response that AWTY SUCKS... (Apparently, AWTY is a private school from TX). and Google's search results said that AWTY sucks According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awty_International_School. I really do not understand why the term AWTY is even associated with 'sucks' because 'sucks' does not appear on the Wikipedia page (not even in the history). I was just wondering why this strange result (well... technically not a result) appears... any ideas?
     
    87654321, Feb 6, 2007 IP
  2. kh7

    kh7 Peon

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    #2
    You got an Austin result, because you are in Austin. I just searched the same and found very different websites.
    Sounds like that page was google-bombed and somehow google did not clean that out in the recent google-bomb algorithm change. Did you do this search recently (as in the last week)?
     
    kh7, Feb 7, 2007 IP
  3. jimkarter

    jimkarter Notable Member

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    #3
    I got the same result as potnuru, so it is not about Austin only. I am from India.
     
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  4. Indian

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    Me too. Same result...AWTY SUCKS.
     
    Indian, Feb 7, 2007 IP
  5. wibr

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    Just shows that google didn't exactly clean up their algo enough to remove all google bombs. Looks like they need to tweak the algo a little more. LOL!
     
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  6. The Stealthy One

    The Stealthy One Well-Known Member Affiliate Manager

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    #6
    I've said it before, and I'll say it again: It is not possible to remove Google bombs. That would totally change the way Google works. :)
     
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  7. Indian

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    #7
    This has nothing to do with Google Bombing. There are no backlinks targetting the words.
     
    Indian, Feb 7, 2007 IP
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    #8
    I also get the wiki AWTY #1 result in California.

    A while back, I also wondered what (and who) sucks.
    So I asked Google. Here are the answers -
    http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/politics/who-sucks.htm

    I'm sorry that it is a little dated now, but you get the idea.
    If any result is not believable, just test it yourself, by typing in -
    "subjectname sucks".
    Works great. Why wonder? Just let Google tell you!
     
    Surf_Dude, Feb 7, 2007 IP
  9. 87654321

    87654321 Well-Known Member

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    #9
    This is definitely not a Google bomb, but it is a supplemental result that Google tries to give, usually from Wikipedia and Dictionary.com. Seems like the algorithm for these supplementary results has a few bugs.
     
    87654321, Feb 7, 2007 IP