tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post5105306442526525457..comments2024-03-18T02:14:57.204-07:00Comments on Google Operating System: Google Suggest FilteringAlex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-40928194172137180182010-09-28T13:57:01.020-07:002010-09-28T13:57:01.020-07:00"Oh come on, if you're typing those words..."Oh come on, if you're typing those words in, you *know* what you're searching for."<br /><br />I don't think you understand how Google Suggest/Instant works. It starts displaying suggestions and search results before you've finished typing the word. So if the word starts with the same letters as other offensive results, those offensive results will be shown.<br /><br />For example, if they didn't filter the suggestions, then if you were doing a search for Portugal, by the time you type in "por", you would probably get some undesirable results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-55084058143536629382010-09-28T12:55:26.928-07:002010-09-28T12:55:26.928-07:00Their methodology for filtering offensive suggesti...Their methodology for filtering offensive suggestions seems off to me. <br /><br />Instead of having it filter suggestions based on offensive phrases in the query itself, it should filter based on the aggregate "OffensiveRank" of the pages shown when a given suggestion is searched for. They must have something like this already in place to support SafeSearch.<br /><br />As for disabling such filtering when a searcher has SafeSearch off, I'm on the fence about it. On the one hand, if I've disabled it I ought to be able to find the naughty stuff. On the other, I don't really want nasty/racist/etc search results and suggestions popping up when I'm doing a search for something more benign. And some of the naughty terms are also the most searched for on Google.<br /><br />A nice compromise might be to just downrank offensive suggestions when SafeSearch is off.joelpthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01590272103564105944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-55669742537668806822010-09-28T11:05:03.237-07:002010-09-28T11:05:03.237-07:00Google is however, not very good at it! Putting in...Google is however, not very good at it! Putting in 'Blair is evi' comes up with results and even suggests: Did you mean: 'Blair is evil'. If you put 'Blair is evil' it hides the results until you press enter...son_of_malcomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02566675266279647829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-59269943628857832352010-09-28T10:40:52.389-07:002010-09-28T10:40:52.389-07:00How quickly we've come around from being skept...How quickly we've come around from being skeptical of Google Instant to demanding it.slantendicularnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-65670146755661943642010-09-28T09:02:58.668-07:002010-09-28T09:02:58.668-07:00Oh come on, if you're typing those words in, y...Oh come on, if you're typing those words in, you *know* what you're searching for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-48494448895164680392010-09-28T08:20:27.619-07:002010-09-28T08:20:27.619-07:00It would be good if such filtering could be disabl...It would be good if such filtering could be disabled...<br />The filtering is applied even if I have SafeSearch turned off.Eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015614662155020678noreply@blogger.com