31
Jan
14
Google Search Results Completely Broken
This site may harm your computer, is attached to every search result in google’s index. Looks like google thinks everything is Spam even their own websites.
If you look, all of the cached results are also removed. Something is definitely broke at the old Google.
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14 Comments:
Install “IE Tab” add-on, and just emulate IE for the google.com main search page…
This is the work-around until Google and Firefox get their act together.
Looks like they fixed it as of about a half hour ago. Pretty big bug for Google. I originally tested it in IE, FF, and Chrome, so it was definitely across the board for a short time.
Yes Google said human error was to blame, all comes down to a / in the wrong place at the wrong time. (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-site-may-harm-your-computer-on.html)
I was working late in the night and needed to search for some solution on a technical issue. I came across this issue and initially was totally shocked as the websites I have worked came a spam. But soon I realized that there might be some issue with Google.
Great catch! Google rarely messes up. I too read the blog post from Google that JAB_au spoke of above. It’s nice to see the almighty Google make a mistake and then speak of it publicly. Thanks for catching this screen shot!
IS anyone can imagine, this can happen to google sites also.
What a LOL?
Oh i missed it, anyways thanks for sharing this. The Big G has guts to admit it
Nice one and a funny mistake. We all make them I suppose.
Its shocking!! but I think its a mistake or some kind of problem. Its working now. Anyways thanks for sharing.
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Yeah shocking!!! But kinda funny too 😉
Strange, they might be updating their spam rules.
Is this happening again?
Google only produces results that match all of your search terms, either in the text of the page or in the text of the links pointing to the page. This spares you the frustration of viewing a multitude of results that have nothing to do with your search terms.