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| 15 Oct 11, 1:47 PM Aristaeus UK(RG), 2 yrs |
I don't know whether it's a conscious effort on the part of Google to hide adult sites, but, just by adding bdsm, as the op states, brings IC up a treat, perhaps you have to be a bit more specific these days.
Perhaps a sites prominence depends on the hits it receives, & gets promoted or relegated accordingly. I have no idea | |
| 15 Oct 11, 2:25 PM HarmCandy UK, 4 yrs   |
Google's a CIA op, funded by CIA slush funds. Facebook too. Voluntary self-surveillance, oo-rah. Bet I sound like a right loon. It's all true, though. HC 'Above, it isn't bright. Below, it isn't dark.' | |
| 15 Oct 11, 4:06 PM wonderer UK, 5 yrs |
One things that is true is that Google has started making adult sites marginally less accessible than other sites. When you type in words, some sites appear before you press enter, but these appear to exclude "adult" sites. Not sure of their reasons ... "Wisdom begins in wonder” (Socrates) | |
| 15 Oct 11, 5:07 PM Attitude_Adjuster UK(N), 6 yrs |
I *think* the basis for that is that there is a lot of porn on the internet. Someone searching for "double helix in complex molecules" probably doesn't want to see the multitude of double penetration pages and a prompt to complete the second word as penetration after they've entered a few characters... But I might be wrong, they may be thinking of the children. And all men kill the thing they love, By all let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword! | |
| 15 Oct 11, 5:10 PM Smartarse UK(CM), 7 yrs |
Google's customer base includes children so they are simply being 'family friendly.' It used to be possible to change settings for searches so possibly you're set to family safe or something. Change the settings by clicking on the 'cog' icon in the top right on the Google search page. Google's main aim is to produce relevant results for a new search. They may have changed their algorithm to avoid people using Google to navigate to a regular site and thus skewing the results for a particular phrase. In this case 'informed consent.' Basically - finding things you're already familiar with isn't what Google is for, so they've stopped you. For those who want to find IC without having to type it in directly, have you thought of dragging the little IC speech bubble icon from the start of your browsers address bar onto your desk top? Once there, you can get to IC just by clicking on it. Also you can right click on it and change its title and icon to something innocent. Edited 15 Oct 11, 5:14 PM by Smartarse | |
| 15 Oct 11, 6:01 PM angelic_demon UK(N), 2 yrs |
For those interested here's a 9 minute TED Talk by Eli Pariser about how Facebook, Google, Yahoo news et al, create what he calls "Filter bubbles". All of these information feeds are being personalised without most people's knowledge and consent, by being tailored to what each result provider thinks you want to watch, as opposed to what you actually want to see. "Ouch" is NOT a safeword! | |
| 15 Oct 11, 10:52 PM SirLashleyS UK(S), 5 yrs |
HarmCandy is right on the ball. The silky-smooth soothing voice of reason and logic. (You WILL feel much better and speak more sense while very securely tied-up...) | |
| 16 Oct 11, 12:08 AM lonely_78 UK(NN), 10 mths |
The same happened to me. I had to add .co.uk and then it appeared. | |
| 16 Oct 11, 12:55 AM You_May_Kiss_My_Ring UK(PA), 11 mths |
... As a LaTeX user, there's the joy of the Google Ads on TUG and such, for latex clothing and other fetish items... "That hat makes you look like you own slaves! ... only you would go to a Goth club wearing a beige hat, and dressed in purple!" | |
| 16 Oct 11, 1:06 AM susanCD UK(LL), 2 yrs |
+1 |
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