tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11305827476206943092024-03-14T11:02:31.316+05:30Failed SERPsA collection of 'failed' Search Engine Results Pages [SERPs]. Includes comparison of Google, Yandex, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Bing, Ask.com, Amazon, Wolfram Alpha, and YouTube.Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-11275490481600117482018-07-12T16:16:00.000+05:302018-07-12T16:16:07.273+05:30Google Alerts returns results which are not according to the original query terms specified by the user [COMPACTIDEA]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A human can easily and clearly see that the more important word in the user query is WinRAR, but Google Alerts returns even those random search results which contain only the word 'released'.</div>
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Secondly, I never wrote the word 'buy', but Google's oversmart algorithms automatically introduce this word [in the background] when they see 'Deutsche Bank'. It isn't necessary that if someone says Deutsche, then it must be about investment buy/sell decisions. These are failed results by Google.</div>
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-53406905778708572292018-04-10T13:31:00.000+05:302018-04-10T13:31:21.181+05:30Amazon uses common customer ratings and reviews for all flavors, stages or variants of Nestle Cerelac, making it impossible to see which flavor or variant is liked more<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Obviously some flavors are being liked more [on average] by babies, and some less. Using common ratings/reviews values for all flavors/stages of Nestle Cerelac is a bad idea. Potential customers want to know which flavors have higher ratings [for a particular stage].</div>
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-29673840744115385022018-01-26T13:14:00.002+05:302018-01-26T13:14:49.393+05:30Google is apparently trying to bury, conceal and hide articles critical of The New York Times for the American propaganda that it routinely spreads<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You head to Google and run a query, but all you get is a list of articles talking about Chinese and Russian propaganda. Is this accidental? Doesn't seem so. <b>Seems like, at the behest of CIA/NSA, Google has carefully and deliberately altered its [obviously secret] algorithms to hide, and thus effectively kill, those articles and blog posts that aim to talk about and expose propaganda efforts of NYT.</b> In contrast, when you run the same query on Bing, Yandex.com and DuckDuckGo, however, you are able to see some articles criticizing NYT for spreading propaganda [disguised as regular news articles or as opinion pieces].</div>
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-89683433392005243992017-12-02T12:12:00.003+05:302017-12-02T12:12:49.226+05:30Google declares Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, without mentioning the disputes surrounding it [COMPACTIDEA]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Is this a deliberate pro-Israel act by Google, or an honest mistake by Google's algorithms [based on whatever data/information the algorithms have read on the Web]? I'm inclined towards the former. Google must not be allowed to spew out propaganda-like information as answers/facts, without it mentioning/recognizing any critical surrounding facts. In this case, whether or not <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, in full or in part, is the capital of Israel or Palestine <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positions_on_Jerusalem">is disputed</a>. The dispute, and also Israel's occupation of Palestine must both be acknowledged in any "answer" that Google provides for a query. This isn't a simple query with a simple answer. And this lack of simplicity ought to be conveyed, lest there be brainwashing of Google's users.</div>
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-38983333628253901912017-11-28T00:04:00.003+05:302017-11-28T00:05:49.942+05:30Google hurts its rivals by not showing links to their key products or services in its search results<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For the simple query <i>mozilla bugzilla</i>, Google just doesn't show the URL of <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/">Mozilla's Bugzilla database</a> for Firefox bugs. This seems like a deliberate attempt to hurt Firefox by discouraging people from finding its bugs database and thus reducing contributions to Google's competitor.</div>
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Similarly, for the straightforward query <i>yahoo mail</i>, the top result on Google's search results page doesn't point to Yahoo Mail. This cannot be accepted as normal. This is a deliberate and nefarious attempt to harm/hurt and kill competition.</div>
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-46351025875098255132016-09-24T21:34:00.003+05:302019-04-08T23:58:11.397+05:30Google shows a random answer on Quora as a highlighted 'quick answer' on top of the results page<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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And this isn't just for this query alone. This happens for many queries. What makes this answer on Quora the most correct/helpful/useful for this particular query? Did Google vet the completeness and/or the correctness of this health-related answer given by a random Quora user? Why is this answer better than the far more authentic and professional answers available on the websites of hospitals, universities, journals, etc.? Someone might interpret Google's <a href="https://blogs.adobe.com/digitalmarketing/search-marketing/how-to-optimize-for-google-quick-answers/">'quick answers box'</a> as an authoritative answer recommended by Google itself, and this answer could in fact be completely wrong, and this could lead to health problems, or worse, death(s)!</div>
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<b>Update [Apr'19]:</b> Similarly, it can be seen in the screenshot below that Google says there are currently 15 member nations in OPEC, whereas <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OPEC&oldid=891106882">on the Wikipedia article</a> you can see only 14 [Qatar left OPEC on 1st January this year, unknown to Google's algorithms]. The way Google's SERP has highlighted the number '15 nations' makes the user feel like it's the final, authentic answer needing no further checking. Pretty irresponsible I must say.<br />
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-62509414262495018562015-11-24T19:15:00.003+05:302015-12-06T20:36:53.728+05:30Google fails to show a single result for the instrument periscope for a search on 'periscope'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This was something I used to think and wonder for many years. Will a day come when search engines will get so swamped with populist technology such as smartphones, applications, games, etc., that fundamental and scientific terms would get overshadowed in SERPs with these "cool" results? Will future students be bombarded with more of this cool and commercial "juice" rather than core mathematical and scientific concepts?<br />
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Yesterday, Google did not show even one result for the periscope instrument on its SERP for the query <i>periscope</i>. Thankfully, Bing and Yandex still show some results for the instrument.<br />
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-85070950773944619732014-10-25T15:17:00.000+05:302014-10-25T15:17:30.097+05:30Bing changes 35 to 3.5, effectively ruining the entire SERP<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-85836511221624598372014-01-18T19:15:00.002+05:302014-01-18T19:15:20.636+05:30Lizol is not the same as Dettol - but Google substitutes one for the other, quietly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Look at my query and see which words Google has highlighted in its top two results. Why does Google think that Lizol is the same as Dettol? Isn't this tantamount to misinformation? Or does Google intend to say that Lizol <i>really</i> is Dettol, but it's just that us lesser humans didn't realize this as yet?</div>
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-12684349061802549352013-10-19T21:57:00.002+05:302013-10-19T21:57:31.179+05:30Google, when I search for AliExpress, I don't want you to substitute this word for Alibaba!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-43288417995058035672012-12-30T20:03:00.001+05:302012-12-30T20:03:24.675+05:30Google conveniently shows results for "rocket launch" for the query "missile launch"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Google, a missile launch is different from a rocket launch - don't mix these. North Korea's fate depends on the difference between a missile and a rocket!<br />
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-38422969486530654242012-12-29T01:31:00.000+05:302019-05-28T01:10:20.222+05:30Google gives preference to its own services<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For the query <i>2 nights in soul valley</i>, which is a movie, Google's top result - which looks suspiciously similar to an organic result - is actually an artificially-promoted result for Google's own service. This could be illegal.</div>
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Another recent example from 26-May-19. Top result directs to Google's own paid services.</div>
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-14879124504606453692012-12-03T21:22:00.002+05:302012-12-03T21:27:36.753+05:30Google fails for its apology for results for queries containing the word "Jew"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I searched for <i>Jew York Times</i>, and I saw <a href="http://www.google.com/explanation.html">an apology</a> from Google about the search results.<br />
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I find it interesting that Google apologizes to the world for <i>offensive</i> results that appear when a query contains the term <i>Jew</i>. But offensive is a very relative term. I get offended when I see results telling me that there were WMDs in Iraq, and that based on this fabricated and false propaganda a sovereign nation and its people were bombed back to the stone age. I get offended when I see unending China-bashing in Google's search results. I even get offended when I see that Google apologizes for <i>offensive</i> results for queries containing the word <i>Jew</i>, but does not apologize when there are so many other instances when Google shows highly offensive results.<br />
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Who will pay SGD ~258 for a one way ticket from Singapore to Bali when you can buy a return ticket for SGD ~252? Just don't show up for the return flight. This is clearly an example of a failed search and a failed booking system at KLM.</div>
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Today I was playing the nice game SimplePhysics on an iPad borrowed from a friend. I liked the game quite a lot and wondered if it was available for Windows. I went to Google and queried <i>simplephysics</i>. I saw an eye-catchy link to the Android version of this game as the top result, complete with user ratings icons, price, and 'Android' mentioned to catch the user's attention. I wondered where in the ranking did the iOS version of the same game stood. Amazingly, it was the last result on the <b>ninth</b> page, that is, it was ranked #90 by Google - and it had no information such as price, ratings, etc. Is all of this a coincidence? I doubt. Interestingly, Bing shows both the iOS and Android links on its first page.</div>
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-87986739455493347822012-11-15T15:30:00.000+05:302012-11-15T15:32:15.047+05:30Google fails for providing incorrect flight departure time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Someone could blindly rely on Google's sometimes-incorrect information and could get delayed [or could go earlier than required]. This can potentially have serious repercussions for some people and in some situations. Screenshots taken on 20-Jan-10.</div>
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-18884450031224687922012-11-02T21:21:00.000+05:302012-11-02T21:22:20.812+05:30Amazon deliberately injects its own Kindle products into others' SERPs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For queries that have absolutely nothing to do with Amazon's Kindle products, Amazon has blatantly forced Kindle results into the SERPs for competitors' products. Kindle shows up for iPad. Kindle shows up for Nexus. Screenshots below prove this [taken on 27-Oct-12].<br />
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-72052382641377041102012-08-12T15:44:00.001+05:302012-08-12T15:44:34.515+05:30Google fails because it substitutes a term in my original query with a synonym, without asking me first (or even informing me)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When I searched for <i>the lost day</i>, I was looking for a documentary related to Russia. But Google seems to apply its own brain, and it also showed me results for <i>the missing day</i>. The result is that the SERP is utterly useless.<br />
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Bing correctly says that the age of Steve Jobs at the time of his death was 56, while Google incorrectly says that the age of Steve Jobs <i>is</i> 57 [disregarding the fact that he died in October 2011]. All of this in June 2012!<br />
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The second and the third results point to the same Wikipedia article. Google could've and should've noticed this - it should've automatically clubbed the second and third results. Without scrolling, a user can see only 4 results in this screenshot, and because of one redundant result, 25% of the results visible without scrolling have been wasted.<br />
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Rishabh Singlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01810689880109191513noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130582747620694309.post-72292995950697040802012-03-19T20:23:00.000+05:302012-03-19T20:23:17.253+05:30Google fails because it includes the mobile version of a page in its first SERP, thus wasting one result out of ten<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Google's top 10 results are supposed to be the most relevant/useful, but by including the mobile version of the #1 result as the #2 result, Google has wasted a full 10% of its crucial first 10 results.<br />
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