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Israeli Google News - a shame

Hanan Cohen [PersonRank 7]

Tuesday, April 25, 2006
18 years ago3,019 views

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel. Yesterday evening, a news item about the ceremonies was automatically classified by the Google New algorithm under the Entertainment section.

Today, a news item about the decapitating of a dog was also classified under Entertainment.

(First reported on the FAQ weblog by Hermon)

The Israeli Google News service was criticized from its first day. It's a shame of a service and should be taken down for re-programming. It is not fit for human consumption.

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

Do you have a link to the weblog?

/pd [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

when does Google Run an FAQ blog ?

Hanan Cohen [PersonRank 7]

18 years ago #

The (Hebrew written) blog is here: http://israblog.nana.co.il/blogread.asp?blog=213241

This is the screen shot of the Holocaust item:
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/3238/googlenews200604241rc.gif

This is the screen shot of the decapitated dog item:
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/364/google8ts.jpg

to /pd – it's a private blog named "FAQ".

Haochi [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

I wish I can speak Hebrew.

kumar [PersonRank 1]

18 years ago #

oh what language the blog is?

David Hetfield [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

hebrew..

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