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Since its a finance site, it should weigh the stock symbol over any description. Given that there is already a stock "MCX:SELL" that is also displayed at the au

by nivla 14y ago

Since its a finance site, it should weigh the stock symbol over any description. Given that there is already a stock "MCX:SELL" that is also displayed at the autocomplete, the redirect should have gone there instead. I would like to give Google the benefit of doubt but since AAPL doesn't even show up at the auto-complete, it clearly looks like a prank by an employee.

SoftwareMaven 14y ago
That makes it seriously difficult for me to trust them as an objective source of financial information. Guess I'll stick with Yahoo!
- jlgreco 14y ago
  Does this really make you worry that they would tamper with information that mattered? Seems a bit far-fetched to me, doing that would be massively scandalous, and probably illegal.
  - jacquesm 14y ago
    If they are then they are tampering with information that mattters, SELL is a valid stock descriptor (SELL.ME, selestra corp: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SELL.ME http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SELL.ME). Financial data sites are not a good place to be pranking your users. That alone makes me seriously doubt that this is an easter egg, if it is google will have easter egg all over its oos.
    - jlgreco 14y ago
      Is this the sort of "tampering" that would have any sort of effect, positive or negative, on anything at all?
      - jacquesm 14y ago
        If your stock symbol can't be found? I'd guess negative, hard to put a positive on that somehow.
        jlgreco 14y ago
        I suspect that if Selestra actually thinks it was a problem, they'll deal with it with lawyers. I find it hard to worry myself over it.
darkchasma 14y ago
I'm not going to say this proves it, but I'm convinced it's shenanigans. I can't figure out whether or not I have a problem with it. There are some good arguments why it's bad, but not good enough that I actually care. I just don't see the issue, unless I was Selestra, the company that should be popping up. Actually, if I was Selestra, I'd be pretty upset.
- loceng 14y ago
  But then if they're using a keyword density based algorithm, and that's how the algorithm chooses to display information, then making an acception for Selestra would be 'tampering' - no?
surrealize 14y ago
How many people are searching for MCX:SELL, and how many are searching for Apple? AAPL's trading volume is like four orders of magnitude higher than MCX:SELL's.
- catshirt 14y ago
  yes, and i bet all none of the AAPL shareholders found the stock by searching "sell" on Google finance.

by nivla 14y ago

SoftwareMaven 14y ago

That makes it seriously difficult for me to trust them as an objective source of financial information. Guess I'll stick with Yahoo!

jlgreco 14y ago
Does this really make you worry that they would tamper with information that mattered? Seems a bit far-fetched to me, doing that would be massively scandalous, and probably illegal.
- jacquesm 14y ago
  If they are then they are tampering with information that mattters, SELL is a valid stock descriptor (SELL.ME, selestra corp: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SELL.ME http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SELL.ME). Financial data sites are not a good place to be pranking your users. That alone makes me seriously doubt that this is an easter egg, if it is google will have easter egg all over its oos.
  - jlgreco 14y ago
    Is this the sort of "tampering" that would have any sort of effect, positive or negative, on anything at all?
    - jacquesm 14y ago
      If your stock symbol can't be found? I'd guess negative, hard to put a positive on that somehow.
      - jlgreco 14y ago
        I suspect that if Selestra actually thinks it was a problem, they'll deal with it with lawyers. I find it hard to worry myself over it.

darkchasma 14y ago

I'm not going to say this proves it, but I'm convinced it's shenanigans. I can't figure out whether or not I have a problem with it. There are some good arguments why it's bad, but not good enough that I actually care. I just don't see the issue, unless I was Selestra, the company that should be popping up. Actually, if I was Selestra, I'd be pretty upset.

loceng 14y ago
But then if they're using a keyword density based algorithm, and that's how the algorithm chooses to display information, then making an acception for Selestra would be 'tampering' - no?

surrealize 14y ago

How many people are searching for MCX:SELL, and how many are searching for Apple? AAPL's trading volume is like four orders of magnitude higher than MCX:SELL's.

catshirt 14y ago
yes, and i bet all none of the AAPL shareholders found the stock by searching "sell" on Google finance.