A site’s ranking in Google’s search results relies heavily on computer algorithms using thousands of factors to calculate a page’s relevance to a given query. Sometimes subtleties of language cause anomalies to appear that cannot be predicted. A search for “Jew” brings up one such unexpected result.
If you use Google to search for “Judaism,” “Jewish” or “Jewish people,” the results are informative and relevant. So why is a search for “Jew” different? One reason is that the word “Jew” is often used in an anti-Semitic context. Jewish organizations are more likely to use the word “Jewish” when talking about members of their faith. The word has become somewhat charged linguistically, as noted on websites devoted to Jewish topics such as these:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/jonah081500.asp
Someone searching for information on Jewish people would be more likely to enter terms like “Judaism,” “Jewish people,” or “Jews” than the single word “Jew” In fact, prior to this incident, the word “Jew” only appeared about once in every 10 million search queries. Now it’s likely that the great majority of searches on Google for “Jew” are by people who have heard about this issue and want to see the results for themselves.
The beliefs and preferences of those who work at Google, as well as the opinions of the general public, do not determine or impact our search results. Individual citizens and public interest groups do periodically urge us to remove particular links or otherwise adjust search results. Although Google reserves the right to address such requests individually, Google views the comprehensiveness of our search results as an extremely important priority. Accordingly, we do not remove a page from our search results simply because its content is unpopular or because we receive complaints concerning it. We will, however, remove pages from our results if we believe the page (or its site) violates our Webmaster Guidelines, if we believe we are required to do so by law, or at the request of the webmaster who is responsible for the page.
We apologize for the upsetting nature of the experience you had using Google and appreciate your taking the time to inform us about it.
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The Google Team
P.S. You may be interested in some additional information the Anti-Defamation League has posted about this issue at http://www.adl.org/rumors/google_search_rumors.asp. In addition, we call your attention to Google’s search results on this topic.
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cleanhands posted:a jewish state in palestine is supposedly a precondition of the rapture so you may be in luck
when did 'left below' become christian canon i wonder?
Someone searching for information on Jewish people would be more likely to enter terms like “Judaism,” “Jewish people,” or “Jews” than the single word “Jew”
not using the letter s is anti-semitic
"Jews are emetic" See??
getfiscal posted:what happens to a christian walking in mecca
zhe gets to hir destination in an uneventful fashion
getfiscal posted:what happens to a christian walking in mecca
he walks with his feet ten feet off of Mutah Wassin Shabazz Beale
Groulxsmith posted:I care as much about what Mitt Romney has to say about Chik-Fil-A as I do "Israelis do some things" stories at this point. Maybe I'd feel differently if I contextualized Israel in an entirely different light than I do everything else though. For the time being, forgive me if a government tacitly supporting the bigotry of its citizens to benefit its own selfish interests strikes me as a bit passé
^here it is folks, postmodernism
animedad posted:Groulxsmith posted:I care as much about what Mitt Romney has to say about Chik-Fil-A as I do "Israelis do some things" stories at this point. Maybe I'd feel differently if I contextualized Israel in an entirely different light than I do everything else though. For the time being, forgive me if a government tacitly supporting the bigotry of its citizens to benefit its own selfish interests strikes me as a bit passé
^here it is folks, postmodernism
thats a pretty wddp-y thing to say
THE Jewish community should not be misled by compassion from the Holocaust into supporting Muslim boat people, the owner of The Australian Jewish News has argued in an article condemned by some as hate speech.
In the latest edition, under the headline ''Curb the compassion'', Robert Magid said Jews tended to want to appear more compassionate than others because of their history of suffering oppression and persecution, but ''the Jews who fled the Holocaust fled certain death. I doubt there is a single boat person in that situation.''
Mr Magid said ''unscrupulous'' illegal immigrants pushed genuine asylum seekers down the queue and that immigration in other countries had led to ghettos and calls for sharia. He suggested hiding among Muslim boat people who had destroyed their documents would be an ideal way for al-Qaeda to smuggle a terrorist network into Australia.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/jewish-call-to-curb-compassion-20120808-23ss4.html#ixzz22u78O8Qm
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guidoanselmi posted:goddamit getfiscal i was gunna post that
i edited it out for you
Groulxsmith posted:I care as much about what Mitt Romney has to say about Chik-Fil-A as I do "Israelis do some things" stories at this point. Maybe I'd feel differently if I contextualized Israel in an entirely different light than I do everything else though. For the time being, forgive me if a government tacitly supporting the bigotry of its citizens to benefit its own selfish interests strikes me as a bit passé
Could you please provide a list of what yo ucare and dont care about, and the various degrees at which you care, so that i can mold the forum for you, personally
Crow posted:Groulxsmith posted:I care as much about what Mitt Romney has to say about Chik-Fil-A as I do "Israelis do some things" stories at this point. Maybe I'd feel differently if I contextualized Israel in an entirely different light than I do everything else though. For the time being, forgive me if a government tacitly supporting the bigotry of its citizens to benefit its own selfish interests strikes me as a bit passé
Could you please provide a list of what yo ucare and dont care about, and the various degrees at which you care, so that i can mold the forum for you, personally
Cheese Biscuits
CHEESE BISCUITS
getfiscal posted:flappoed again guido
I snooze I lose
A Trappist monk stands between graffiti reading in Hebrew, "Jesus is a monkey" (L) and "mutual guarantee, Ramat Migron and Maoz Ester" (West Bank settlements) (R), which was sprayed on the wall of the Latrun Monastery between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on Tuesday after unknown people set the monastery's door ablaze.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/04/13651687-jesus-is-a-monkey-daubed-on-jerusalem-monastery-wall?lite&google_editors_picks=true
Seriously?? These Jews have really crossed the line now
or something.
cleanhands posted:i dont understand, jews are really nerdy and weak, if some dude did this to me i could prob ruin him and his whole family and build a time machine to go back and beat up his ancestors before anyone fought back, and im not esp. strong or good at physics
White people are physically weaker than black people and yet they used to beat them and lynch them all the time
