Conspiracy subreddit removed from Google search results. Anyone else?

26  2018-01-17 by WORLD_IN_CHAOS

Purely anecdotal, but everyone else should check as well..

I get to this sub reddit usually by typing "reddit conspiracy" into google search bar.. (I'm too lazy to type the .com and the slashes etc).. Been doing this for the last few years... And for these years this subreddit was number #1 result.. As it should be.. It's almost a full URL.. Then a few months ago, it became 2nd result with the "Finland conspiracy" subreddit becoming number one and this sub reddit dropping to slot 2 or 3...

Now, today, the the search result (link to this subreddit) is completely gone.. There are articles about this subreddit but the search result is gone.. And Google is all about personalized results, they know I surf this subreddit... Very very odd to censorship first hand.. Actually a little too eerie..

Anyone else seeing this?

17 comments

1  saltyndsweet 2018-01-17

I’ve noticed the same thing. Neither “conspiracy reddit” nor “reddit conspiracy” returns this sub in the first page of results. It used to be the 3rd result down for me. It happened sometime between Thursday and Friday. Been trying to think what it’s related to specifically, my guess is the Vegas shooting stuff. What do you think?

1  irishbastard3000 2018-01-17

I wouldn't know. r/conspiracy/new is my homepage. Sad, I know. Just being honest.

1  PreachyVegan 2018-01-17

Same, I only checked the first three pages of results and it didn't come up. Good eye OP.

1  stupidfuckingtroll 2018-01-17

Full match URL doesn’t count for much any more. It probably fell because of all the propaganda being posted here.

1  nukajm 2018-01-17

I have had the same thing happen. Some days it just dissapears from google.

1  andersonenvy 2018-01-17

Works for me.

I used Incognito Mode and it's ranked #3 on Google for "reddit conspiracy"

1  theawesomethatis 2018-01-17

i see it as the 3rd result.

1  CivilianConsumer 2018-01-17

True, and I use Duck Duck Go, but they use google services and search algorithms

1  Crumbcrumbs 2018-01-17

Bing really isn't that bad. Not saying you should trust Microsoft. However, I am saying Google needs to die

1  WORLD_IN_CHAOS 2018-01-17

Ok it's back for me too.. Odd..

1  mastigia 2018-01-17

They are futzing with something new.

1  RedTap3 2018-01-17

It was never removed. This has been posted a couple times already. Each time it's the third result from google.

1  El_Taco_Boom 2018-01-17

Yep. Tried at work 3 hours ago. No results.

1  WORLD_IN_CHAOS 2018-01-17

As: Google potentially fudging search results in regards to conspiracy,,, working now,,

1  PrisonMike420 2018-01-17

I have been searching for outer space conspiracies on Google and it is very obvious that they are hiding them. I used to be able to find them on page 1, but now everything that shows up is “debunking conspiracies”.

1  TheCIASellsDrugs 2018-01-17

duckduckgo.com

1  HorseheadBusinessman 2018-01-17

I think it's funny Finland Conspiracy and the Ufo stuff comes before this sub very often. Really, is Finland "not real" getting that much traction?

1  Imscaredplzhelpme 2018-01-17

this happened a few weeks ago to a few of us. i think once you post about it, an A.I. bot pi ks it up and adds it back to your front page.

think of it as a test run to see if people are paying attention.