[ExI] test for bogus googles, was: RE: phony google

[Christopher Whipple]

I did these queries twice - logged in to my Google account with Chrome and
with a Chrome incognito session. The results between the two didn't vary,
but 3 of the queries varied between my results and yours:

Dog saint trousers
videos.airbus.com/

Chart mission stamp
www.dphhs.mt.gov/hcsd/snap/

Aircraft hat cola
www.roblox.com/Brighteyes-Bloxy-Cola-Hat-item?id=24114402

But that's still not evidence of man-in-the-middle-style tampering. It
could simply be the vagaries of their algorithm - when we searched and from
where and with what user agents, resolutions, etc.

-c.


On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 4:07 PM, spike <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
>
>
> OK I generated some random three word combinations:
>
> Golf hotel mystery
> Dog saint trousers
> Leaves cradle set
> Latex chicken green
> Zombie lego sales
> Chart mission stamp
> Coin feather aardvark
> Aircraft hat cola
>
> Experiment, take each in turn, paste the three words, compare to your
sixth
> hit on your list, compare to my sixth hit list:
>
> Golf hotel mystery
> http://www.groupon.my/deals/travelcity/5-star-mystery-hotel/716454928
>
> Dog saint trousers
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_and_Gromit
>
> Leaves cradle set
>
http://www.toysrus.com/buy/nursery/bedding/crib-bedding/bedding-sets/baby-gi
> rl/cocalo-jacana-9-piece-crib-bedding-set-7135-854-12248170
>
> Latex chicken green
> http://www.greenchickencoop.com/
>
> Zombie lego sales
> http://www.amazon.com/Lego-Monster-Fighters-Zombies-9465/dp/B007455MW0
>
> Chart mission stamp
> http://www.dss.virginia.gov/benefit/food.html
>
> Coin feather aardvark
> http://www.psychicpower.com/forums/forumreply.aspx?PostId=57
>
> Aircraft hat cola
> http://www.hats-trto.gr/
>
> If you entered the words exactly as I did, you should get the same
results.
> Otherwise one of us, or both, have a bogus copy of Google, doing
> who-knows-what evil, such as reporting to the authorities on latex chicken
> fetishes.  Do please the experiment, just post yes if you get the same
> results, or if not, let's figure out which of us has the genuine copy.
>
> spike
>
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