Compare and Contrast: Chinese

[Newby]

Its actually returning different results for most everything. Try "grass" for example in the image search. I also fail to see anything even remotely funny about it.

I do. Grass returns different results? Why would China censor grass? lol!

Is it censored, or just different? 

Could be just a different index / priority.

[iago]

It turns out that this problem was due to case-sensitivity:

http://images.google.cn/images?q=Tiananmen
http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmen

[rabbit]

I'm also sure that you would have gotten better results if you had entered your query in Chinese.  It's like searching for "antidisestablishment" on a German site.

[Sidoh]

I'm also sure that you would have gotten better results if you had entered your query in Chinese.  It's like searching for "antidisestablishment" on a German site.

True, but it's the name of a place, not a world.

[Ergot]

I'm also sure that you would have gotten better results if you had entered your query in Chinese.  It's like searching for "antidisestablishment" on a German site.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=zh-CN&safe=off&oq=%E5%A4%A9%E5%AE%89%E9%97%A8&q=%E5%A4%A9%E5%AE%89%E9%97%A8&spell=1&sa=N&tab=wi

[rabbit]

Now compare:
http://images.google.cn/images?q=Tiananmen
http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmen
http://images.google.cn/images?q=%E5%A4%A9%E5%AE%89%E9%97%A8

[iago]

Now compare:
http://images.google.cn/images?q=Tiananmen
http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmen
http://images.google.cn/images?q=%E5%A4%A9%E5%AE%89%E9%97%A8

Also, try:
http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmeN
http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiAnanmen
http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiaNANmen

Apparently Google's filter is case sensitive.  Oops

[MyndFyre]

Now compare:
http://images.google.cn/images?q=Tiananmen
http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmen
http://images.google.cn/images?q=%E5%A4%A9%E5%AE%89%E9%97%A8

Also, try:
http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmeN
http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiAnanmen
http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiaNANmen

Apparently Google's filter is case sensitive.  Oops

Geez iago.  I thought you were a Linux freak.

[Ergot]

rabbit... your chinese results differ from mine ;P

[rabbit]

Because I used just the basic query.  The one you gave had all sorts of other fancy things in the URL.

[iago]

Now compare:
http://images.google.cn/images?q=Tiananmen
http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmen
http://images.google.cn/images?q=%E5%A4%A9%E5%AE%89%E9%97%A8

Also, try:
http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmeN
http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiAnanmen
http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiaNANmen

Apparently Google's filter is case sensitive.  Oops

Geez iago.  I thought you were a Linux freak.

I like using Linux, yes.  And, in general, I like case sensitivity, but not when case sensitivity allows you to get around filters.  If part of it is case sensitive, then all of it should be. 

Besides, Google promises that all searches are "NOT case sensitive".

[Sidoh]

Obviously its image search engine abides by different rules...

[iago]

It's much more likely that they screwed up their filter, and they filter BEFORE they convert toLower() and not after.

[Newby]

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/31/1310225&from=rss

iago > /.

[Ergot]

Is it just me or does it seem a lot of things we discuss here ends up on slashdot ;P ?