Comments on: Search Quality > Politics http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-search-and-politics/ neat fun stuff Thu, 23 May 2013 15:12:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Rudy http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-search-and-politics/#comment-405925 Rudy Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:26:55 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=3126#comment-405925 I can only think of one situation where Google did show political bias.

Remember the search query “miserable failure”? For over 3-4 years, Google kept the 1st and 2nd organic result going to whitehouse.gov, where the user would see a picture of George Bush. At anytime, Google could have removed/fixed that.

But, Google only chose to remove that reference immediately after Obama became President.

Wouldn’t the inbound links that created that reference still be there? In this case, Google definitely showed its political stripes.

]]> By: AK Works http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-search-and-politics/#comment-403754 AK Works Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:56:30 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=3126#comment-403754 Glad to hear this, actually. Although Google being Google – indexing content and all – seems to have more leftist content indexed than moderate/conservative.

But then again, maybe it says a lot about the moderate/conservatives. We have jobs to work – don’t have time to go on marches or protests or scour the Internet and comment and spew out leftists “hate-ism”.

]]> By: Aaron C http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-search-and-politics/#comment-400811 Aaron C Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:50:14 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=3126#comment-400811 I think people just love their conspiracy theories when it comes to politics. As long as you don’t manually edit the results and you let the algorithms decide, that’s as fair and balanced as you can hope to get, in my opinion.

]]> By: Tanya Thomas http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-search-and-politics/#comment-400312 Tanya Thomas Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:40:12 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=3126#comment-400312 Two things, I think perhaps you are either always current on issues or omnipotent.
And, your vocabulary is wider than my own…
Anathema- had to look that one up!
Thanks for always answering questions no one wants to ask (publicly).

Regards.

]]> By: Michael David http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-search-and-politics/#comment-400122 Michael David Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:44:52 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=3126#comment-400122 I agree with your statement. Most of my search use is with Google and I have found it to be consistent in the way it searches and without bias with the exception of paid ads :)

]]> By: Nevalex http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-search-and-politics/#comment-400040 Nevalex Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:06:37 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=3126#comment-400040 well sometimes it is quite hard to stay aside and not participate in political events… especially when you are a huge scaled company…

]]> By: Peter http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-search-and-politics/#comment-399935 Peter Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:58:43 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=3126#comment-399935 I would agree with you that Google has not shown any political bias. However, the potential for Google to influence politics is never far away – otherwise, why did the Chinese single out Google and ban you a few years ago?

I’m glad you’re aware of the topic Matt, and not afraid to state your (personal) opinions.

]]> By: Chris http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-search-and-politics/#comment-399842 Chris Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:04:04 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=3126#comment-399842 Would the anti-slavery movement have gained momentum should google have been scoring results in 1600-1700′s? Maybe, maybe not. Not having a bias is not something to hang your hat on. History doesn’t give kudos for not using power to speak out against the National Socialist German Workers’ Party.

]]> By: Mike Stewart http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-search-and-politics/#comment-399804 Mike Stewart Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:24:39 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=3126#comment-399804 Faith in Politics? That is just about as much nonsense as “faith in politicians”. I don’t think comparing the two is a wise idea folks. They really have little in common from a faith perspective. Matt, I don’t think Google has any intent on skewing political opinions. It is obvious that aside from Lobbying to help the government make the proper decisions in regards to internet law going forward. Google’s slogan of “Don’t be Evil” is probably a good answer towards Google opinion on the SERPs for politically oriented keyword searches.

A real question to be asked would be: What gives Google the ability to offer so much to employees that neither Government, Small Business, or other corporations are able to offer? Is Google just wealthy and able to spread the wealth, or do they have a system in place that the Government might want to consider.

Goes back to my Tweets about Idiocracy and Wall-E and corporations bailing out the Government!

Cheers folks… just thinking while watching the Cowboy Game! Pardon the spelling!

Mike Stewart

]]> By: Matt Cutts http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-search-and-politics/#comment-399781 Matt Cutts Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:14:04 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=3126#comment-399781 Gerry White, I think that in many situations, creativity can be much more powerful than money. I’m glad that people didn’t perceive this as some radical post.

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