Google shopping - censorship

[digitaledge]

[67Cuda]

And along these lines, ask Alexa about Wuhan Virus, Chinese Virus or Covid 19 Virus.
That biach knows nothing! LOL

[The Gleam]

This has been going on for awhile, I believe since the last major active shooter incident in the Texas Walmart. I seem to recall Google said they would be limiting search results to steer away from such things; not block it, but not make the result of a page like Gunbroker primary.

I noticed in the past that I used to be able to enter a search in Google for a specific type of firearm, and numerous sites like Gunbroker, Gunauction.com, Gunsamerica, even Calguns, and more would pop up as the first search results.

Not anymore. For about a year-and-a-half now. Same happens when selecting "images". It seems to bring up images from Gunauction.com and Armslist the most, but Gunbroker and Gunsamerica seem restricted.

Yet search for that type of firearm on Gunbroker or Gunsamerica reveals several for sale if not dozens.

Instead, now it seems a Wikipedia page will pop up at a result, with a bunch of links to videos about the guns, and obscure references like video-games that might have that gun in it, esoteric discussions online about it, etc.

Nothing has change with my computer/internet setting in all that time. No "child restrictions" turned own, cache always cleared, I don't save history of any kind, I don't log-in to Google let alone have an account in the first place - no Fakebook, not Twitter, no Instagram, etc.

[Mandingo27]

Has anybody tried bing?

[The Gleam]

For example, just as a test, I Googled "CZ PCR" - now there are likely hundreds of listings for that gun on Gunbroker... but not one single result comes up as a link to Gunbroker, whether searching as "All" or "Shopping".

CZ's website, Cajungunworks and Bud's Gun Shop come up but not one link to Gunbroker or similar online auction sites, and the majority of the top listings link to holsters only.

Google sucks.

[RANGER295]

Has anybody tried bing?

Yes. They do not censor their searches like Google

[The War Wagon]

WHO the FREEP is still using beer gOOgles in THIS day & age?!?!

beer gOOgles is soooooooooooooooo 2006...

[Mandingo27]

Yes. They do not censor their searches like Google

I use bing on my pc but never really searched up firearm related stuff on it since I'm mostly on my phone but seemsike I'm going to have to switch on my phone

[The Gleam]

So many on here are just apoplectic about having to register a firearm. Yet you use google/bing, and Alexa??? OK.

And whom am I? Can you tell me my name right now?

Even diving into my ISP address says nothing factual about me, or even proves it's "me" other than what was "searched" for at this ISP.

Even an Anti-2nd Amendment piece of crap that has a severe case of hoplophobia, or an Anti-2nd Amendment agenda-laden politicians might search the same topic-matter for "research".

No matter what search, what interest is jogged, that remains an unknown for both cause or purpose. Proves nothing, whether I do a search here, at work, at a relative's house, a friend's house, the library, etc.

But a firearm is registered to a person, by name, address, and may be called upon by those who would like to use that information to their advantage, regardless of a 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms - and have.

The two are not even comparable in the realm of deductive results by "association" alone, because one is ambiguous, the other - hard facts, slated for a purpose to document.

Keep in mind, the gun is not the thing they are worried about registering - it's the person they are registering.

If they only wanted to register guns, they already have that information at their disposal, available from the manufacturer's manifests, production data, range of serial numbers, and archives.

[gorn5150]

Has anybody tried bing?

Yes. Bing will get you to all the glock mags you could ever want.

[Dan_Eastvale]

searching glock mag on google.com gives 48,000,000 results. A majority are shopping.
But then when you click shopping..... 0.
glock holster or anything else is 0.

Stuff shows for other makers ....S&W, Kimber, AK 47 etc. but none are mags.... just mag pouches etc...

The main google.com shows Glock mags for sale just not "shopping" itself and for some reason it shows zilch for anything Glock....

Is it Google "shopping"refusing Glock or Glock refusing Google shopping???

[rodralig]

I type "California gunmageddon" and nothing pops up in Google; I will need to type "California gunmageddon laws."

In contrast with BING and Yahoo.

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[CWL]

You guys still use google?

Surf using Opera, search with duckduckgo