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Title: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
Post by: WingZero on June 28, 2012, 04:48:57 PM

 :angry:

http://networkedblogs.com/zh8el (http://networkedblogs.com/zh8el)

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

Title: Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
Post by: SS_N_NE 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.

Title: Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
Post by: Mudinyeri 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.

Title: Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
Post by: 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.

Title: Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
Post by: Mudinyeri 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

Title: Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
Post by: WingZero 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

Title: Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
Post by: bk09 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.

Title: Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
Post by: 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/ (https://www.startpage.com/)

Title: Re: GOOGLE BLOCKING FIREARMS SHOPPING RESULTS
Post by: whatsit 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/ (https://www.startpage.com/)

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

Seriously, though, try Bing.com (http://www.bing.com) or DuckDuckGo.com (http://www.duckduckgo.com)