Google Instant Bans 'BitTorrent' Word2011-01-27 12:02 by DanielaTags: Google Instant, BitTorrent
What do curse words, porn terms and the word BitTorrent have in common? They're all blacklisted from Google Instant. Google Instant is Google's search tool that shows results dynamically as you type. To shield our sensitive eyes, Google Instant hides offensive words and phrases so they won't appear unless you type the full query and press "enter." Now, Google has added BitTorrent to the blacklist along with several Websites that the company closely associates with digital piracy, such as RapidShare and MegaUpload. So for example, if you type "bitt" into the search bar, the results field goes blank. Same goes if you type "rapids" or "megau." But if you fully complete the words "BitTorrent," "RapidShare" and "MegaUpload," Google does return instant results, realizing perhaps that there's no stopping you at that point. As Search Engine Land points out, this change has been in the pipeline since December, when Google announced a handful of copyright protection initiatives. "While it's hard to know for sure when search terms are being used to find infringing content, we'll do our best to prevent Autocomplete from displaying the terms most frequently used for that purpose," Kent Walker, Google's general counsel, wrote at the time. Read more -here-
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