re: Did Google pull a "Gavin Belson" on search manipulation w/ Hillary Clinton

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then why is EVERY OTHER search engine conflciting?

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If those search engines are so awesome, why aren't they leading the search game?

You are saying yahoo - which is bing - is better than Google?

More than likely the Clinton campaign hired a search optimization group. My organization hired one as well and they are fairly common in industry.

Also google search results can be skewed without google's involvement at all through keyword manipulation

I highly doubt google would alter search results for election purposes because that would destroy trust in their search engine

If you type in "Hillary Clinton is a bitc", the one and only search suggestion is

Hillary Clinton is a bitcoin.

RIGGED AS frick

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No one has explained why this couldn't just be a result of the way their algorithm works.

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well no matter what it's part of their algorithm

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Google is the absolute best search engine. I assume it operates differently by a different algorithm and that's why it runs differently than anyone else.

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i don't know the current stats these days, but it built its empire when it was the best for sure

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Come on SFP, I want actual evidence. Technical evidence.

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go look at the difference in analytical data and the predictive suggestions

that gap is technical evidence that can only be explained if you go into lala land

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More than likely the Clinton campaign hired a search optimization group. My organization hired one as well and they are fairly common in industry.

Also google search results can be skewed without google's involvement at all through keyword manipulation

I highly doubt google would alter search results for election purposes because that would destroy trust in their search engine

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This is what I'm saying. I'd need Alot more evidence than the predictions in their search bar to call for google's demise.

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More than likely the Clinton campaign hired a search optimization group. My organization hired one as well and they are fairly common in industry.

Also google search results can be skewed without google's involvement at all through keyword manipulation

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how can you use SEO to eliminate predictive text or lower the rankings of articles involving non-related parties?

This reminds of an article I read a while back concerning a concept that the author dubbed the "Google effect". Basically, it is the theory that if companies like Google and Facebook obtain enough influence (which they have amongst the lowest common denominator of the populace) to alter election results by approximately 5%, especually in battleground states and regions, they would in effect control most election results. Especially with driverless cars now, I'm sure the tech giants are gonna need plenty of political influence in the immediate short term too so none of this surprises me and I'm sure it happens on levels we can't even see

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If you type in "Hillary Clinton is a bitc", the one and only search suggestion is

Hillary Clinton is a bitcoin.

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how can you use SEO to eliminate predictive tex

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You don't have to eliminate Predictive text if you can get another search with the exact same words to be predicted higher.

Again, Hillary Clinton criminal prosecution does come up if you type in "Hillary Clinton crimi".

I'd assume someone who manipulates searched for a living would know this.

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plus Facebook JUST got busted manipulated rankings of news stories to lower non-liberal stories and raise liberal stories

it's not like this hasn't just been exposed recently

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Yup. Plus Twitter pulling the "verified" from certain conservative journalist/bloggers...and people on the right are getting extremely suspicious, and rightly so, of the tech giants.

There's also been comments from their founders, as well as the obvious considerable donations to Left-wing candidates from them.