Google's sense of humor

[Emerald Ghost]

Go to google.com and then type in failure. Click "I'm feeling lucky."

How wierd. I wish Google would keep its political views out of their site...but whatever. :)

Are there any other fun words to put in there?

[Michael P]

This is old news.

[Core]

It's not Google's political views being expressed but rather the way their search engine tech is designed. The reason Bush comes up is because the number one site linked to the pharse miserable failure (by other webmasters, mind you) is Bushie's bio.

Like this: Miserable Failure (http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html)

If you do a search for "waffles," the first site to come up is Kerry's site.

[Emerald Ghost]

It's not Google's political views being expressed but rather the way their search engine tech is designed. The reason Bush comes up is because the number one site linked to the pharse miserable failure (by other webmasters, mind you) is Bushie's bio.

Like this: Miserable Failure (http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html)

If you do a search for "waffles," the first site to come up is Kerry's site.

My mistake. I figured it for some programmer's prank who didn't like Bush. no biggee either way.

And I didn't know this was old news...sorry I shared. :eek:

[BlairH]

Same with the old "weapons of mass destruction" thing that you can type into google.

[Lex]

Thanks for point that out. It was fun! I was entertained for quite awhile as I kept typing "miserable failure" into Google.

It's the simple things in life that make you happy. :)

[Wesley Dodds]

My mistake. I figured it for some programmer's prank who didn't like Bush. no biggee either way.

In addition, the "I'm feeling lucky" button takes you to the number one entry automatically.

[Eliot Johnson]

there's the "French Military Victories" one, too, for the other side of the political spectrum.

[Pepsigirl]

there's the "French Military Victories" one, too, for the other side of the political spectrum.

Ha! That's great. The page it links you to is hilarious, "Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French."

[Core]

My mistake. I figured it for some programmer's prank who didn't like Bush. no biggee either way.

And I didn't know this was old news...sorry I shared. :eek:

Hey, I didn't know how it worked either untill someone explained it to me. Live and learn, right?

And don't be sorry :) It's interesting to see that it's still like that 6 months after the election.