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Offline WingZero

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GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
« on: June 28, 2012, 04:48:57 PM »
 :angry:

http://networkedblogs.com/zh8el

Starting my transition from Google products today.  What a bunch of crap!
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Offline SS_N_NE

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Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2012, 07:29:52 PM »
Better than bailing is to hit the feedback link at the bottom the page and let them know their loss. 

These guys live on data collection. A huge response would show a loss of participation they could not justify to shareholders.
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Offline Mudinyeri

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Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2012, 09:25:28 PM »
I did several firearm-related searches on shopping.google.com today.  They all returned thousands of results.
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Offline 00BUCK

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Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2012, 11:50:19 PM »
Did you click "Shopping" in the upper left after your google search? That is what they disabled.
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Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2012, 08:51:58 AM »
Quote from: 00BUCK on June 28, 2012, 11:50:19 PM
Did you click "Shopping" in the upper left after your google search? That is what they disabled.


Me?  No.  I went directly to shopping.google.com
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Offline WingZero

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Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2012, 09:59:23 AM »
It is being phased out across all their servers.  It will take a bit of time to completely remove.  If you search on this, some can search these items and some can't.  I was able to search shopping two days ago, and yesterday I could not. 

Plus - just read their (Google's) response.

Quote from: Mudinyeri on June 29, 2012, 08:51:58 AM
Me?  No.  I went directly to shopping.google.com
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Offline bk09

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Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2012, 12:32:09 PM »
Changed my homepage from Google to Bing and left Google feedback. Honestly I didn't use it much, but this is completely unnecessary.
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Offline DanClrk51

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Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2012, 09:55:30 AM »
I heard about a new search engine that values your privacy and does not spy on your searches. I have now switched my homepage from Google to:

https://www.startpage.com/

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Offline whatsit

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Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2012, 12:06:41 PM »
Quote from: DanClrk51 on July 22, 2012, 09:55:30 AM
I heard about a new search engine that values your privacy and does not spy on your searches. I have now switched my homepage from Google to:

https://www.startpage.com/

Lol, it says "enhanced by Google." the overlords at Google cannot be avoided!

Seriously, though, try Bing.com or DuckDuckGo.com
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