Google “New Cases” Search Study Regarding Coronavirus
There’s a new conspiracy theory floating around social media about how you can do a Google search for any 2, 3 or 4 digit number, plus the words “new cases” and come up with a result regarding Coronavirus or “COVID-19” that matches that query with the same number you’ve randomly chosen. The theory roughly goes […]
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Doug BradleySays
Hey Jonathan, I'm not sure exactly what you mean. My guess is that you might mean: "wouldn't it be easier…
Doug BradleySays
Hi Karen, Without specific examples I wouldn't be able to tell you. However, Google does *tend* to deliver more recent…
Doug BradleySays
Hey Barbara, the assumption that this was limited to only 4 digits is not by me - that's just the…
MichaelSays
Hey Scott. Same Michael posting as before that you replied to. My post already implicitly addressed this when speaking about…
Barbara NicholsSays
Your assumption regarding the 4 digits and the algorithm's seemingly limitation was just busted. We posted 10,000 and the results…
KarenSays
I get the gist, but can someone please explain why the dates on the search results are almost always from…
Doug BradleySays
Thanks Michael. I try to approach the comments carefully because there are a lot of people who just plain don't…