Maybe Bush's problem was just that he used Google.....

[qatarperegrine]

I was just trying to look up something about Iraq's nuclear program in the '80s, so I Googled Iraq nuclear history.

Try it.

I often appreciate that Google searches for variants on the words we input -- that if I search for tutor conference, for example, I also get webpages that talk about tutoring conferences. But someone really needs to tell them that Iraq and Iran are not synonyms!

Update, 30 January: woot, they fixed it!

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[roach2600.livejournal.com]

FYI, try "+iraq nuclear history".

[qatar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I figured that out eventually -- it's a good trick to know.

Can you comment on the above discussion of whether this is a result of synonym-matching or stripping? (And if there's anyway to give Google feedback when it associates things that it shouldn't?)

[roach2600.livejournal.com]

I'll bug the search history team tomorrow. Additionally, you can always click the "Dissatisfied? Help us improve" link at the bottom of the search page.

Anyway, I LOLed.