Comments on: Google fixes China search bugs

Following a CNET News.com investigation, Google fixes bugs censoring sites for users of its Chinese-language search.

[P. Jackson]

BBC News

How pathetic that the Chinese govt is afraid of BBC News. Quite an endorsement, though.

[casper2004]

In the search engine business

Google just wants to be top dog, that's all.

[omaryak]

Iran did the same thing

BBC News' Persian language Web site has now been blocked by Iran as well.

[qazwiz]

Google filtering Microsoft is a bug?

Sounds more like a divine act of god!

:-)

too bad the devils put it back :(

[wbenton]

A BUG or a purposeful HACK?

Sounds more like a hack than a bug if you ask me.

Walt

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Move the disclosure to the top

If Google wants users to see the disclosure, then it belongs BEFORE the search results. Over 90% of users do not look at the bottom of a search page.

[zahadum]

googlewatch! - is google blocked from _outside_ china?!

the sidebar on un/blocked sites is an excellent resource ... it should become part of a 'googlewatch' feature!

this may be just a fluke - but google.com.cn (and goggle.cn) are automatically referred to google.ca (when that is the default value stored in the browser's cache).

which means that outsiders do not have a way to conduct their own tests!

(and if this is true, then did cnet perform the tests from within china?)

some clarification would be useful.

cheers: david

ps: camino 1b2 on panther 10.3.9

[lewissalem]

What will happen...

Chinese people will simply stop using google to search, and opt to get their news elsewhere. Sadly, the Chinese governement probably has control at an ISP level to filter out content. A way around this may be to provide some sort of long range wireless. We have to help them keep a few steps ahead.