{"id":5509,"date":"2010-05-23T16:40:40","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T20:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=5509"},"modified":"2010-05-23T20:07:53","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T00:07:53","slug":"search-engine-self-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/search-engine-self-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Search Engine Self-Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s an interesting article in today’s New York Times<\/a> about a large search-engine company whose name is just two letters away from the word “poodle.”<\/p>\n

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Poodle image courtesy of American Kennel Club.<\/p><\/div>\n

Read the article. That’s all I’m going to say because I learned my lesson. I complained about my “poodle” search results in blog posts published on January 6, 2008<\/a>, and January 15, 2008<\/a> … and on January 17, 2008<\/a>, my blog was accused of being spam and shut down for 12 days<\/a>. Coincidence? Only “poodle” knows for sure. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s an interesting article in today’s New York Times about a large search-engine company whose name is just two letters away from the word “poodle.” Read the article. That’s all I’m going to say because I learned my lesson. I complained about my “poodle” search results in blog posts published on January 6, 2008, and…<\/p>\n

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