# What's the stupidest thing Google has recommended to you?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-thing-google-has-recommended-to-you/674923>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 27, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-thing-google-has-recommended-to-you/674923 "2013-11-27T15:58:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-thing-google-has-recommended-to-you/674923/1 "2013-11-27T15:58:19Z")

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The Explore option on Google Maps has given us, for “restaurants,” the Italian Embassy–you know, the actual Italian Embassy-- and for “coffee shops,” Exxon, and Sodexo/US Geological Survey, which presumably share a building. Since we live close to an airport, Google Maps also cheerfully recommends establishments which are located inside the airport, which we naturally can’t get to.

What about you guys?

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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-thing-google-has-recommended-to-you/674923/2 "2013-11-27T16:41:42Z")

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I did a vanity search for my name on Google. It came up with my husband’s ex-wife.

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-thing-google-has-recommended-to-you/674923/3 "2013-11-27T20:09:48Z")

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I googled latex (this is a markup language geared to presenting mathematical text) and, evidently, I got paint ads.

Well, well. I just tried it again and all I got were the real thing. Have they finally pegged me as a mathematician? I am curious what happens if a random doper did it.

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**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-thing-google-has-recommended-to-you/674923/4 "2013-11-27T20:26:58Z")

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Dare you to go to the Embassy and say, “Yes, I’d like a table for two…”

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**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-thing-google-has-recommended-to-you/674923/5 "2013-11-27T23:22:06Z")

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First time I heard about Google Image search back (Could it have been before 2001?) I entered “breast” and it returned a picture of a piece of chicken.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-thing-google-has-recommended-to-you/674923/6 "2013-11-28T06:14:00Z")

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I’ve had Google ads recommending a dating website where I could “Meet Bipolar Singles.”