Google Universal Search Means Looking For Raccoons Is No Longer Family Friendly

Aug 3, 2007 at 1:12pm ET by Danny Sullivan

A reader tipped me off to this. Search for raccoon, and Google Universal Search puts some pictures up at the top of the page:

See it? Third one over? I didn’t know a dog and a raccoon could, well…

To be fair, Microsoft Live does the same thing:

Yahoo also shows the happy couple, but only if you specifically do an image search. Ask doesn’t, clearly exhibiting a bias against raccoon-dog love.

Have a good weekend, everyone :)

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http://www.cheezhead.com Joel Cheesman

That’s really funny. Thanks for the comic relief.
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ Matt Cutts

So.. many.. possible.. comments..

Must… resist… posting…
http://searchenginetigers.com Simon Heseltine

Afterwards, the Beagle could never look the cat in the eye again…
http://www.weboptimist.com WebOptimist

Hilarious! Of course, Google has pulled the picture, at least from where I’m searching.
http://sethf.com/anticensorware/ Seth Finkelstein

I predict an interesting “SEO contest” in the future :-)
ratattack

That’s really furry. Thanks for the canine relief.
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ Matt Cutts

WebOptimist, the images team took care of that picture.