Google Approves
Sorry about the state of the site, i’m still unpacking the furniture.
When i was going through my files i found some notes about a search query i have reported to Google on more than one occasion, so i ran the query again today and nothing has changed it’s still intact. So given the lack of action i can only assume Google feels that the query is ok and relevant.
The query is simply “leads” as in computer leads, affiliate marketing leads etc. When conducting the query, three image results are displayed at the top of the SERP’s and here is a screenshot of the results.
Click the image to enlarge (No pun intended)

As you can obviously see, it returns with a fairly graphic image of a females genitalia.
Now maybe it’s just me, but i cannot for the life of me see why that is what a user would be attempting to find when searchings for leads. I can see the 14 year old kid next door looking for leads to connect up his Playstation or someone looking for leads for their business or maybe even someone looking for information on Leeds the location in the UK and spelling it incorrectly.. But to be presented with an explicit image directly in the search results for that query?
Also, it’s present with the Google Search Preferences set at default behavior which considering a lot of internet users don’t this setting exists or how to change it means it displays for the vast majority of internet users.
So the fact my reports to Google have done nothing, i can only assume Google Approves.
What are your thoughts, is this an ok and appropriate search result?
8 Responses to “Google Approves”
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June 1st, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Hello,
Well, I thought this was a joke or something, so I tried it for myself. I can’t believe this!!!! That is really disgusting, and I don’t understand why that image would be shown here. That image is wayyyyyyy too graphic, and it doesn’t even relate to what anyone would be looking for when searching “leads”. I don’t get that at all!
Did you report this to Google? Any response from them? I don’t know how to report it, but I will if you explain that to me. I can just imagine my little boys searching for “leads” and seeing this result. Very shameful!
George
June 1st, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Yeah, this isn’t the only search term that brings back “mature” results. I have a list of dozens of them if you want to take a look. From where I sit, I really don’t think Google cares. So much for “do no evil” huh?
June 1st, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Saw this in DP man. Pretty sick. I just reported it to Google myself. I hope they care.
June 1st, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Hi guys! it’s not to difficult to find out why such strange listings appear:
with google’s new search algos, things like vertical & universal search there might be many let’s call it “unrelevant-relevant-search-results”.
have a look at the pics description and i’m sure you’ll know what I mean
http://images.google.com/images?q=leads&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enDE268DE268&um=1
so from this point of view (different context) I might be bold and go so far to say:
there’s nothing wrong!
- but it would be nice and more helpful if someone could out-rank this result with something more RELEVANT..
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:21 pm
How long ago did you report this to Google? They should have removed this result within a few days of getting notice about it.
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I saw this story on Sphinn. It looks like Matt Cutts has had this result removed. I would also like to know how long ago it was that you reported this.
Thanks for sharing.
X
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Thanks for the comments everybody, it looks like success at last. I was pointed to Sphinn where this was posted and Matt replied saying the result had been removed by the Google Images team.
I can confirm it has, a search for the term no longer brings up the offending image so thanks for the quick action Matt.
As for when was it reported, it was 6 weeks ago, 3 weeks ago and 1 week ago and it was reported using the “Dissatisfied? Help Us Improve” link at the bottom of the page every time you conduct a query.
Although i must say, i won’t be using that ever again as it looks like the messages go in to a back hole and aren’t even read.
@Marcus yes i see where you are coming from, the word “leads” appears in text in proximity to the image but there’s a problem considering this is shown with the default behavior setting and also it’s not relevant to the search just because that word appears somewhere on the page near an image.
I don’t think “any” web user would say that a picture of a womans genitalia and the word leads are related or relevant to each other.
June 14th, 2008 at 6:07 am
stumbled this and i just tried this and google fixed it already