Google Image Index Just Not Updated

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.

Comments

Slashback?

[schmiddy]

Whatever happened to that feature "Slashback", where updates to older stories would all be posted together in a condensed form.

I know this is probably a little offtopic and I'll get modded as such, but I'd very much like for this feature to be brought back. I don't think an update to a few-hours old story like this demands its own front page story -- especially when the main story even says "Update" and links to Chris D's comment. Same goes for the "X prize paid" story.. why should it be news that the X prize group actually paid up the money, they've publicly acknowledged on their site that SS1 won the prize for some time now.

Keep the clutter off the main page and save it for real stories.

Re:Where's The Apology??

[Goaway]

Snuff out the trolls, and you'll find a site filled with zealots and closet luddites and technophobes.

If it isn't aggressive Microsoft bashing or Linux apologetics ("I don't WANT software that's easy to use, and you're and idiot if you do!"), it's either doomsday prophecies about or belittling of the latest technological advances.

I can only hope this is because the actual intelligent people have long since given up on the site.