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		<title>Filing Google bugs&#8230; but where?</title>
		<link>http://bethesignal.org/blog/2007/06/17/filing-google-bugs-but-where/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waugh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there a place to file Google bugs? I couldn&#8217;t find one, so here is a report I uploaded to the cloud.  
Description of the problem: Google returns feed URLs in search results. These are rarely helpful to searchers in general, but downright mystifying to those who don&#8217;t know or care what feeds are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is there a place to file Google bugs? I couldn&#8217;t find one, so here is a report I uploaded to the cloud. <img src='http://bethesignal.org/wp-content/plugins/tango-smilies/tango/face-smile.png' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><b>Description of the problem:</b> Google returns feed URLs in search results. These are rarely helpful to searchers in general, but downright mystifying to those who don&#8217;t know or care what feeds are in the first place. When using the main Google search interface, I&#8217;d imagine that feeds are not high on the list of desired results for most users.</p>
<p><b>Steps to reproduce the problem:</b> Google for &#8220;wordpress mysqli&#8221;, and look at the second primary result (your milage may vary, considering Google&#8217;s various customisations of search results).</p>
<p><b>Actual results:</b> Feeds appear in Google search results, sometimes even prioritised over their html document parents! I took a screenshot to illustrate:</p>
<p class="center" align="center"><a href='http://perkypants.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/google-wrong.png' title='Evil Google search results'><img src='http://perkypants.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/google-wrong.png' alt='Evil Google search results' /></a></p>
<p><b>Expected results:</b> Removing the feeds altogether might be over the top&thinsp;&#8212;&thinsp;it depends, of course, on the context of the search and the feed. But where they might be useful, Google could provide one of its signature unexpectedly awesome features. Maybe something like this (though I probably should&#8217;ve snipped the summary in this case):</p>
<p class="center" align="center"><a href='http://perkypants.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/google-right.png' title='Suggested Google search results'><img src='http://perkypants.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/google-right.png' alt='Suggested Google search results' /></a></p>
<p><b>How often does this happen?</b> All the fucking time!</p>
<p>But I still love you guys.</p>
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