# Google is freaking me out politically. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-freaking-me-out-politically/162370 "2003-03-18T21:11:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-freaking-me-out-politically/162370/1 "2003-03-18T21:11:40Z")
This just in: Go to [Google](http://www.google.com) and type in the phrase " french military victories". If you click “I’m feeling luck” and you are asked if you mean \*\* french military defeats \*\*. Just thought that I would share. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-freaking-me-out-politically/162370/2 "2003-03-18T21:17:19Z")
It usually asks on similar topics that have more pages devoted to them. In this case, I guess French Military victories garners less pages. ---
**Author:** ![Psi\_Cop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@Psi\_Cop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psi_Cop)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-freaking-me-out-politically/162370/3 "2003-03-18T21:20:37Z")
Take a closer look at the site it takes you to. It’s something within the domain name [albinoblacksheep.com](http://albinoblacksheep.com). It IS nicely doctored up to look like a Google page, though. Sort of amusing. -Psi Cop ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-freaking-me-out-politically/162370/4 "2003-03-18T21:23:25Z")
Amusing for a second or two. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-freaking-me-out-politically/162370/5 "2003-03-18T21:39:10Z")
So how does this doctored page business work? Is it Google sponsored, or what? I think that what is freaking me out here is that I had (naively I admit) tended to look as search engines in general, and Google specifically as apolitical resources, intended only to help you find stuff on the web. This is the first whiff of an agenda that I have seen, and it bothers me. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-freaking-me-out-politically/162370/6 "2003-03-18T21:45:20Z")
No no, it’s a real page hosted on a different website. Because it matches the search terms, and has been a popular “hit” (presumably through other people linking to it), it gets returned as a genuine search result. I imagine Google wouldn’t be too happy about the use of their logo. Could they demand that it’s taken down, or would it be regarded as “fair use” for satire purposes? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-freaking-me-out-politically/162370/7 "2003-03-18T22:11:48Z")
I like how so many of the top search results are all about how to get the #1 site. What do they call this again? Google bombing? ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-freaking-me-out-politically/162370/8 "2003-03-18T23:36:53Z")
> [@](#): > > So how does this doctored page business work? Is it Google sponsored, or what? at the bottom of the page: > [@](#): > > Parody transcripted ©2003 Albino Blacksheep > This Parody is not sponsored or endorsed by Google