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Google Image Index Just Not Updated

Posted by michael on from the breaking-news dept.

We ran a story earlier today about the lack of Abu Ghraib photos in Google's image index. We now have a response from Google stating that the image index simply hasn't been updated recently, as well as a fairly convincing demonstration from a Slashdot reader: Rahga writes "I put together a page that counters the 'Google Censors Abu Ghraib Images' story. It is the tale of a Morgan Webb picture on images.google.com that's been driving a ton of traffic to my webserver 7 months after it was removed." The Abu Ghraib story broke in April 2004 (and officially became a non-story on November 2, 2004), so Google's index is indeed quite far behind.

3 of 411 comments (clear)

  1. Wow... by Moofius.the.Cow · · Score: 5, Funny

    And here we were, expecting Google to deliver us the latest in free pr0n images and thumbnails, and it's been shafting us with old crap the entire time!

  2. In other news by EnsilZah · · Score: 5, Funny

    The sky is falling!
    The sky is falling!
    Oh wait.
    Nevermind.

  3. The Slashdot story rules by michaeldot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since the editors seem to have momentarily forgotten:

    1. Google, Apple, Novell are the good evil corporate conglomerates.
    2. Microsoft, SCO, MPAA are the bad evil corporate conglomerates.
    3. Profit!