Trump attacks 'left-wing' Google search results

Re:Trump attacks 'left-wing' Google search results by ur-whale on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:38AM (#17859084)

Whatever trump may say, no one knows what Google's algorithm do because there is basically no way to check they haven't been gamed.

I'd even bet that most of the folks who work there don't have a clue themselves.

[Edit] And the fact that Google is a leftist company with strong ties to the democrats is a basic fact of life. It's therefore easy - or at the very least tempting - to add two and two.

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Re:Trump attacks 'left-wing' Google search results by ta_egdhs on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:46AM (#17859163)

see this is the difference between being a skeptic and a contrarian. The contrarian will call everything wrong and sometimes by pure happenstance they have a point. The opaqueness of google is immaterial given the same source decries a dozen things everyday as fake (irrespective of if its true)

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Re:Trump attacks 'left-wing' Google search results by dazc on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:43AM (#17859125)

It's quite easy to add a penalty to some sites and, maybe, whitelist others though?

Politics aside, it's hardly the first time that search neutrality has been questioned?

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Re:Trump attacks 'left-wing' Google search results by ur-whale on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:47AM (#17859175)

> it's hardly the first time that search neutrality has been questioned?

True, but since last year and the giant mess around FB, people are really starting to realize how deeply a site like Google can sway opinions, and without being noticed at all.

T'is a huge power that goes entirely unchecked. All we have is hollow-sounding "don't be evil", "we would never do that" type things.

The search engine needs to become decentralized.

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Re:Trump attacks 'left-wing' Google search results by creaghpatr on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:46AM (#17859158)

I could see a SERP neutrality act in the near future, like net neutrality I expect it would be proposed but not passed.

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Re:Trump attacks 'left-wing' Google search results by burgermanjensen on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:49AM (#17859188)

I don't think there is any deep critique of the way Google operates here. If the majority of the "MSM" is against Trump then, wow, look at that, there's a lot of articles that critique him. Surprise surprise. Trump is whining that some people don't like him, as usual.

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Re:Trump attacks 'left-wing' Google search results by ibeckermayer on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @12:07PM (#17859911)

Google is one of the main data pathways in our society and the public has literally no idea what algorithms they're using to curate content. So, as per usual, Trump is the only politician touching on foundational social issues in his own dumb, self-serving way, while partisan hacks in the media completely miss the point and try to make it out like Trump is the crank.

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Re:Trump attacks 'left-wing' Google search results by Djvacto on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:48AM (#17859177)

I went ahead and tried a search site I never use (DuckDuckGo) to search "Trump News".

I got results from:

1) trump.news

2) politico

3) huffington post

4) the guardian

5) cnn

6) donaldtrumpnews.co

7) dailymail.co.uk

8) nbc news

9) fox news

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Re:Trump attacks 'left-wing' Google search results by throwaway5752 on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @11:02AM (#17859309)

That's insane. What are trump.news and donaldtrumpnews.co? The idea that obvious SEO targeting made the top 10 is a bit alarming, let alone the top result.

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Re:Trump attacks 'left-wing' Google search results by amelius on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:47AM (#17859170)

I suppose the same can be said for DuckDuckGo. Not sure if there is an easy solution.

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