Google may rank sites for queries that don't appear on the page at all

Re:Google may rank sites for queries that don't appear on th... by gipp on Thursday March 21, 2019 @01:04PM (#19454656)

I... What? This is so disconnected from any experience I've ever had searching anything I don't even know how to approach it. What on Earth do viral memes have to do with anything? What does "banned" even mean in this context? There's no such thing as a ban from Google search.

And if I were to hazard a guess I think you dramatically overestimate the role of neural networks in search in general.

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Re:Google may rank sites for queries that don't appear on th... by SCHiM on Thursday March 21, 2019 @01:29PM (#19454981)

"banned" in this context probably means that idiotic popup about "unusual traffic detected from your machine" and if i would "pretty please run some anti-virus scanning software please".

This happens often when creating complex search terms with 'inurl' and 'intext' operators. This happens to me at least once a month.

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Re:Google may rank sites for queries that don't appear on th... by shawnz on Thursday March 21, 2019 @02:13PM (#19455505)

Just curious, do you live in a western country? Do you have a Google account? I use funny queries like that often but I've seen that message maybe only once or twice before. There must be some additional factors involved.

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Re:Google may rank sites for queries that don't appear on th... by SCHiM on Thursday March 21, 2019 @02:57PM (#19456046)

Western country while logged in on my google account. I've given it some thought myself, I have that account logged in from a variety of systems: linux boxes and windows boxes some behind a vpn, some not.

I suppose it sometimes looks like my account is used for botting, but then again: why wouldn't I be allowed to connect my bot to their results, given that google uses bots to index the content in the first place?

Despite the fact that I could probably adjust to better fit their 'nothing weird going on here' preconceptions, I think I'd rather complain and hope that over time it's google that will change.

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Re:Google may rank sites for queries that don't appear on th... by londons_explore on Friday March 22, 2019 @02:00AM (#19459965)

Clearing cookies and use of a shared VPN server are the main culprits for this error.

If neighbouring IP's to yours abuse Google services, you'll see way more of these errors.

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Re:Google may rank sites for queries that don't appear on th... by reaperducer on Thursday March 21, 2019 @01:23PM (#19454886)

This is so disconnected from any experience I've ever had searching anything I don't even know how to approach it.

Then consider yourself lucky. The post was a little rambling, but it wasn't wrong.

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Re:Google may rank sites for queries that don't appear on th... by eitland on Thursday March 21, 2019 @03:18PM (#19456242)

> What does "banned" even mean in this context? There's no such thing as a ban from Google search.

You get warnings and captchas.

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Re:Google may rank sites for queries that don't appear on th... by nullc on Thursday March 21, 2019 @07:26PM (#19458351)

> You get warnings and captchas.

Frequently they are unsolvable captchas that just waste your time. :(

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