Google fails to see vistas

I just typed Windows Vista into Google, they added that image thing to the web search now too, the three images it shows up are all of Windows XP.

Google Windows Vi.. err XP?

Oh dear. Windows XP, Windows XP and Windows XP. Not one screenshot of Windows Vista. Before anyone points out - the first one is just a themed Windows XP. It's not Windows Vista.

This is pretty disappointing. Even on the image specific search. Only one of the images is of Windows Vista - which is running inside Virtual PC so it doesn't have the cool UI, the other two a hacked Windows XP - and Windows XP.

If you go and do the same search on MSN Search you'll see not one image on the first page is of Windows XP - they're all of Windows Vista itself or of related artwork or photographs, I've even gone back several pages and the results are still good.

I know there's a lot of results for Windows Vista and a lot of them are junk. But come on, aren't Google suppose to be good at sorting out the junk?

Google 0 - 1 Microsoft.

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4 comments

Comment from: Founder [Visitor]
Maybe if you searched in the ACTUAL image searching box you would have gotten results.

Paul-0 Google-1 Microsoft-1/2 (because I pity them)
25th February 2006 @ 22:42
Comment from: Paul Smith [Member] · http://www.dasmirnov.net/
"Even on the image specific search" with a link too!
25th February 2006 @ 22:44
Comment from: arceihn [Member] · http://www.the-avatar.com
Oh well gee whiz if Google can't find pictures of an operating system how will they win the war now? THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DISCOVERY IS OVERWHELMING
26th February 2006 @ 04:29
Comment from: Wester547 [Member] · http://www.halflifeportal.com/
Paul, stop nitpicking and appeasing to Microsoft by even going out of your way to bash Google for no legitimate reason what-so-ever.
26th February 2006 @ 04:32

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