# google did it again! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751 "2001-06-30T18:29:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/1 "2001-06-30T18:29:28Z")
Another great search tool from Google: [http://images.google.com](http://images.google.com) This in addition to the regular excellent search engine, and the usenet search engine ( [http://groups.google.com](http://groups.google.com) ). ---
**Author:** ![AETBOND417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@AETBOND417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AETBOND417)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/2 "2001-06-30T18:32:31Z")
That’s good. I need pictures for Photoshop and it’s a pain to get good ones. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/3 "2001-06-30T18:53:36Z")
Excellent! I’ve been looking for something like that for the last couple of years. Leave it to Google. Thanks for letting us know about it, **curwin**. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/4 "2001-06-30T19:55:55Z")
typing in the word “clit” gives you a top choice of Comparative Literature at Oberlin. Interesting… ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/5 "2001-06-30T20:06:18Z")
I’ve been playing on that since you posted the link! Way cool! It’s _so_ much better than Alta Vista’s image search. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Chickenhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Chickenhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenhead)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/6 "2001-06-30T21:12:15Z")
Okay, so I typed in “felch.” It came up with a picture of a Dr. Felch, a fairly innocuous, ordinary looking person. [bold]MY GOD! Do you comprehend how awful it would be to have the name Dr. Felch?[/bold] Anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/7 "2001-06-30T21:31:33Z")
Oh great. Just what I need…another place to find pictures. Thanks…now I’m going to be glued to my computer even MORE than usual! 😉 _Guin runs off to look for Alexander of Yugoslavia, the Romanovs, Glenn Miller and Omar Sharif_ ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/8 "2001-06-30T21:40:13Z")
Whoa. Turn off the Mature Content Filter and find all manner of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/9 "2001-06-30T23:13:59Z")
I input Cecil Adams & dont know which of the results is him. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/10 "2001-07-01T01:54:36Z")
So what else is new? Lycos has had an image search for years. ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/11 "2001-07-01T11:15:58Z")
I put in SDMB and got Uncle Beer. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/12 "2001-07-01T17:50:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\*Whoa. Turn off the Mature Content Filter and find all manner of stuff. > > \*\* This is why I’m leery of using any search engine or software that displays images directly, instead of just links. I’d be worried that some underage images might accidentally download to my computer. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/13 "2001-07-01T17:54:53Z")
Well, I haven’t seen anything that looks like questionable underage images. Lots of other kinds of questionable images (after typing in ‘felch’-thanks a lot, Chickenhead :p), but not that. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/14 "2001-07-01T22:05:59Z")
[homer] **Ooooooo, pictures!** [/homer] Just plugged in my last name and brought up tons of Germans totally unrelated to me, and copies of my ex-wife’s book. Neat! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/15 "2001-07-01T22:26:34Z")
[![](http://georgeclark.com/whitely/graphics/white13-felch.gif) ](http://georgeclark.com/whitely/graphics/white13-felch.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/16 "2001-07-01T22:34:15Z")
:eek: They give certification for _that_?? ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/17 "2001-07-02T01:12:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Doghouse Reilly \* > \*\* > This is why I’m leery of using any search engine or software that displays images directly, instead of just links. I’d be worried that some underage images might accidentally download to my computer. \*\* I wouldn’t worry about it. Anyone who uses newsgroups for porn gets the odd sicko pic occasionally, and it’s not like the FBI tracks all child porn and barges into the homes of any computer that happens across one. As repulsive as it may be, it’s nothing to worry about if you’re not already a pervert. It’s a cool search engine, for sure. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-did-it-again/70751/18 "2001-07-02T01:19:28Z")
You all know that you can customise google, don’t you? You can select set your preferences so that certain options are exluded or included (I only discovered this myself when I got a LOT of foreign language sites on something I googled).