Google image search results can vary quite a bit...is it censorship or what?

[Daniel D. Teoli Jr.]

Now, I do tons of Google image searches. Tens of thousands over the years. So, image searches are a big deal to me. I'm a photographer and archivist. Photos are what I'm about and not text so much. So, this test only applies to image searches. 

Here is the history of a recent search for the IL killer. It just happened to be the search that set off this post. I missed what he looked like on the news, so I did a Google image search to see him / it . I've more or less always used Google and never thought anything about it. It is just easy, and I thought it gave the best results. 

Sure, I heard about all the privacy issues, but didn't care. Really, I like the popup ads as I archive them in my popup advertising Archive.  I also welcome SPAM emails. Have over 400 of them...in the Archive. So, I'm on a different wavelength than most people.

Apparently, Google results can vary quite a bit. And the exact same, repeat searches can vary greatly within a few minutes or seconds of when they were originally made. 

Here is the original search I made...

 

 

 

I figured somethings gotta be wrong, so went to Bing...

 

 

 

Then tried AOL search...

 

 

I tried some Russian or China Search engines, but when they didn't respond immediately, I shut them down worrying about ransomware. 

 

Retried same exact Google image search as I started with and did better this time...but not by much...

 

 

Then tried Yahoo search...

 

 

I finished up with a repeat of original Google search...

 

 

Crazy huh!

I didn't time it, but all these searches were made within say 5 to 6 minutes.

 

[Daniel D. Teoli Jr.]

DDTJRAC

A researcher wrote me about a listing I have for an old-time beatnik magazine called Beelzebub Beatnik. I have a very large beatnik / mimeo revolution Archive. I told him the mag was at the I.A. and should have shown up at Google. But when I looked at Google, sure enough, they buried it.

My I.A. listing used to be on top of a Google search, now it was nowhere in the first 4 pages, so I gave up looking. My listing is the only hi-res, full listing of that mag on the net...and the mag is very rare. Now, Bing still had it on top of their search results. What a GD mess Google has become!

BTW...you filmmakers should make some beatnik movies. Love the beatniks!!

DDTJRAC

This was cool back then. Now what would they do...spray paint on her fur! 

Edited July 21, 2022 by Daniel D. Teoli Jr.