Google is manipulating search results to help Hillary Clinton

[MikeWB]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFxFRqNmXKg

[MikeWB]

Comment found on another site discussing the VOX (jеw-run pro-Hillary shill site) article trying to defend Google.





The headline is "There's No Evidence" but there was evidence presented in the video. Decisive evidence? Persuasive evidence? You decide.

For me, the most persuasive part was where they used Google Trends to see how popular the autocompleted searches actually were. The autocomplete suggested "hillary clinton crime reform" yet Google Trends said that search didn't happen often enough to graph. It was super rare and yet it was the most popular completion to "hillary clinton cri"?

Okay, let's ask Google Trends what is popular. I am providing you with clickable links so you can see the graphs for yourself. "hillary clinton indicted" vs. "hillary clinton indiana"
https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=hillary%20clinton%20indicted%2C%20hillary%20clinton%20indiana&cmpt=q [google.com]

Hmm, "indiana" was roughly as searched for in May as "indicted" but searches for "indiana" have dropped to near zero while "indicted" shot way up. So Google Trends says "indicted" is much more searched for than "indiana".

Here, let's add in "hillary clinton india" as another item on the graph.
https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=hillary%20clinton%20indicted%2C%20hillary%20clinton%20indiana%2C%20hillary%20clinton%20india&cmpt=q [google.com]

Nope, "hillary clinton india" clearly isn't a popular search.

Okay, for "hillary clinton cri" what is the more searched-for completion, "hillary clinton criminal" or "hillary clinton crime reform"?

https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=hillary%20clinton%20criminal%2C%20hillary%20clinton%20crime%20reform&cmpt=q [google.com]

When they tried it they couldn't even get a graph for "crime reform" but by asking for a comparison of the two I got a graph. And wow, slam-dunk win for "criminal", way more searches.

Okay, I decided to try one on my own. I went to Bing and typed "hillary clinton cor" and the top suggestion was "hillary clinton corruption" Google? The top suggestions were "hillary clinton corporate" and "hillary clinton correct the record"

Okay, Google Trends, which of those three is the most popular?

https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=hillary%20clinton%20corruption%2C%20hillary%20clinton%20corporate%2C%20hillary%20clinton%20correct%20the%20record&cmpt=q [google.com]

And it's "corruption" by a large margin.

Interestingly, there is a completely different autocomplete for Google News results.

"hillary clinton cri" -> "hillary clinton criminal prosecution", "hillary clinton criminal video"

"hillary clinton ind" -> "hillary clinton indictment for emails", "hillary clinton indiana", "hillary clinton indianapolis"

"hillary clinton cor" -> "hillary clinton correct the record", "hillary clinton cory booker", "hillary clinton corruption reddit"

Now, Google claims that what is going on is just a standard thing where they block certain terms like "criminal" from searches. This story from The Verge argues, persuasively, that Google is telling the truth. http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/10/11906912/google-denies-autocomplete-search-manipulation-hillary-clinton [theverge.com]

The most interesting point: most of the people searching for dirt on Hillary Clinton don't bother to type her full name, and the autocomplete gives more negative results if you just search for "hillary". Let's try that.

"hillary in" -> "hillary indictment" (I didn't even need to type all three letters)

"hillary co" -> "hillary corrupt" (Again I didn't even need to type all three letters)

"hillary cr" -> "hillary criminal email" (Yet again, two was enough for the autocomplete)

So I'm completely convinced: the video documents a real thing, a true example of Google providing very different results from Bing and Yahoo. But I'm not convinced that it's a conspiracy at Google. The negative "hillary *" searches show that Google is willing to autocomplete negative stuff; if someone were altering the search results I would expect they would get the "hillary *" searches in addition to the "hillary clinton *" searches.

P.S. An anecdote from my personal experience: if you search for "affordable care act" you will find almost 100% favorable commentary and news stories, while if you search for "obamacare" you will find much more negative stuff. The people who disapprove of the ACA are much more likely to call it "Obamacare".

[MikeWB]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ki2QKVa_8