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Google changes Safe Search in the US

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cory64

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Some keywords will trigger significantly more SFW content than they used to, i.e. you'll have to get more creative.

Here's some info

This change actually doesn’t prevent anyone from getting to the content they want to see. So, if you search for explicit content, you’ll be able to find it -- just make sure your query reflects this intent, and Google will show the most relevant content for the search.
 

wenis

Registered for GAF on September 11, 2001.
Who still uses google to find pornography? Besides 8 year old boys and 60 year old men... We've got more than enough tube sites for that purpose.
 

AMUSIX

Member
First, no need to use Google for porn, that's why Bing exists...


Second, doing a GIS for "blowjob" right now is hilariously sad. This is Blockbuster levels of filtering.


this is with their current version of 'safesearch off'
obwRBl.jpg


and the same with 'safesearch on'
Ttk9Ll.jpg
 

alr1ght

bish gets all the credit :)
Google has been getting worse. When did they start filtering the autofill for explicit content? It's been a year or two at least.
 
Who still uses google to find pornography? Besides 8 year old boys and 60 year old men... We've got more than enough tube sites for that purpose.

Finding Japanese porn where it sounds like the girl is actually enjoying sex is really hard to do and requires very specific search results.
 

Mudkips

Banned
First, no need to use Google for porn, that's why Bing exists...


Second, doing a GIS for "blowjob" right now is hilariously sad. This is Blockbuster levels of filtering.


this is with their current version of 'safesearch off'
obwRBl.jpg

Now post Bing's!
 

Kammie

Member
First, no need to use Google for porn, that's why Bing exists...


Second, doing a GIS for "blowjob" right now is hilariously sad. This is Blockbuster levels of filtering.


this is with their current version of 'safesearch off'
obwRBl.jpg


and the same with 'safesearch on'
Ttk9Ll.jpg
This is taking things too far.

First the Youtube redesign, now this.
 

clemenx

Banned
What does that post from the Google guy even mean? Do I have to write "blowjob please" or something like that? lol.
 

alr1ght

bish gets all the credit :)
What does that post from the Google guy even mean? Do I have to write "blowjob please" or something like that? lol.

i guess just add "porn" after every search. It seems to work. Still completely backwards on google's part.
 

Dan

No longer boycotting the Wolfenstein franchise
So now Safesearch is just a binary on/off? That's all I'm seeing now. Either set the filter to on or off. And even when it's off, they do more filtering?

That doesn't sound good. I'd like an option for that additional filtering. Let me flip that on if porn is invading my search results and somehow keeping me from getting to what I wanted.
 

ReBurn

Gold Member
Who still uses google to find pornography? Besides 8 year old boys and 60 year old men... We've got more than enough tube sites for that purpose.
It probably isn't so much you using Google to find porn as much as it is porn using Google to find you.
 

Trurl

Banned
Does being known for porn really help Bing? Now and then I'll find myself on Dailymotion watching softcore porn, but it hasn't caused me to watch other stuff on that site.
 

Mudkips

Banned
So now Safesearch is just a binary on/off? That's all I'm seeing now. Either set the filter to on or off. And even when it's off, they do more filtering?

That doesn't sound good. I'd like an option for that additional filtering. Let me flip that on if porn is invading my search results and somehow keeping me from getting to what I wanted.

You can set it to "On" or "Less On", but not "Off".
 
I just tried it with safe search off and I'm still getting explicit images.

Yes.. because safe search off doesn't actually blacklist anything legal.

Here's likely what they did:

- Google already flags images in their DB as NSFW
- Google also has a list of search terms that are also flagged as NSFW
- However, a NSFW image might fit a search term that isn't flagged NSFW.
- With the old system, searching for that "safe for work" term would reveal NSFW images that fit the term.
- Now to find the NSFW images you have to use a keyword on their NSFW list, or at the very least, they won't be given priority, and you'd have to scroll farther down.

The goal being to make it so people can leave SafeSearch set to "off" but not have to worry about finding pornography images in their results.

Say you have an image that is of a "Girl in a car fucking the e-brake."

The old method might show that image if you searched for "girl in a car."

The new method forces you to add the word "fucking," but you'll still get the result.

Whereas with safesearch set to "on", you could type "girl in a car fucking the e-brake" and wouldn't get the image.
 

mollipen

Member
Wait, hang on... I tried the AMUSIX challenge, and on Bing, I also get this:

blowjob.png


I'm actually kind of impressed by the fact that Bing also gives you a variety of categories for getting even more specific in searches. I don't typically use Bing, so it took me by surprise.
 

Mudkips

Banned
Wait, hang on... I tried the AMUSIX challenge, and on Bing, I also get this:

blowjob.png


I'm actually kind of impressed by the fact that Bing also gives you a variety of categories for getting even more specific in searches. I don't typically use Bing, so it took me by surprise.

Those aren't categories, they're just suggested search terms. Similar in effect, though.
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Who still uses google to find pornography? Besides 8 year old boys and 60 year old men... We've got more than enough tube sites for that purpose.

If you want to see a picture of a celebrity naked from some movie without having to go find the movie
 
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