Google is just a tool for searching for web sites. There is a setting on Google to filter out obscene or pornographic material, but you really can't blame Google for any results that it brings back that you might find offensive.
For example, if you do a search on Jesus, Google might return links to web sites which praise Jesus as well as sites which demean Jesus. All Google does is give you back web sites where "Jesus" is mentioned on the web page. It can't, and doesn't, make any judgements about specific web sites because it doesn't know if you want one type over the other. It's up to the requestor to go through the returned links and decide if that's what they're looking for.
I use Google all the time to search for answers to questions that I have, on all types of topics. My daughter even uses it to research answers for her homework.
2007-02-19 06:26:02
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answered by rongee_59 6
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Google is not a 'bad' site. I don't like Google though because I don't think they deserve to make so much $. I mean, they provide the same services that Yahoo does (searching) and yet the Google franchise has really taken off.
2007-02-19 06:20:02
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answered by Pfo 7
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Google isn't any worse than any other search engine on the Internet. Probably where your Mom is getting that "Google is bad" is from the fact that Google (just like the others) indexes just about everything on the Internet, including the "adult"/xxx content. Google (and some other engines) has also been getting a little negative press related to censorship in China, although in defense of the company, the China has its own laws and businesses have to comply, even if these would be morally wrong in our country. Personally I find Google to be a much nicer interface over Yahoo, MSN, AltaVista, Ask, etc....
2007-02-19 06:18:50
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answered by Jim Maryland 7
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Google started out as the good guys, their search results used to be honest and arguably the most accurate.
Things have moved on, though! Google is holding on to around $ 370 000 000-00 of money earned by smaller sites displaying Google adwords. Why are they hanging on to it? Because they don't pay out amounts less than $ 100-00.
Google also flavours it search results now, meaning that you don't get the same degree of honesty as you used to get.
It's a pity, but I believe they have become yet another evil global empire.
Having said that, are they bad? No, Google is not a bad site, in the same way a hammer is neither good nor bad, but simply a tool.
2007-02-19 23:29:56
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answered by Anonymous
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I don't think so... But I'm sure others agree with your mom! Google is just a place to search for stuff - one of many, like Yahoo! and Alta Vista and Lycos and Ask Jeeves and MSN and Answers and CreativeCommons and WikiPedea... (how many more?)
To be able to search web pages (which includes, like, blogs) Google tends to search contents whereas Yahoo! tends to search titles: maybe Google is a little more prying that way?
2007-02-19 06:24:44
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answered by fjpoblam 7
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No, why did she say that? I use google all the time..
2007-02-19 06:15:05
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answered by Anonymous
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HAHA.....no...it is not, its just a search engine, that comes already with moderate safe search, to filter out pornographic material..
google is safe
2007-02-19 06:15:19
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answered by Josh B 5
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I don't think its bad at all, accually sometimes i think its better than Yahoo!
2007-02-19 06:20:09
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answered by anjuliemma 1
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she proably has stock in yahoo and not google?
:)
2007-02-19 06:15:16
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answered by Anonymous
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its not its better than yahoo
2007-02-19 06:15:46
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answered by dusty l 1
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