Google logo blacked out on all search results (in US)

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Post by dvdhsu » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 5:04 AM UTC

Google logo blacked out on all search results (in US)
google.com

Re: Google logo blacked out on all search results (in US)

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Post by matdwyer » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 5:08 AM UTC

Must be geotargeted as the google.com logo for searches in Canada aren't black.

It does say "Tell Congress: Please don't censor the web!"

Re: Google logo blacked out on all search results (in US)

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Post by FlightOfGrey » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 5:11 AM UTC

matdwyer wrote: post #2

Must be geotargeted as the google.com logo for searches in Canada aren't black. It does say "Tell Congress: Please don't censor the web!"

A Google representative said "So tomorrow we will be joining many other tech companies to highlight this issue on our U.S. home page." (from the article)

So only the US google home page will be affected.

Re: Google logo blacked out on all search results (in US)

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Post by paulitex » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 5:13 AM UTC

Could someone please post a screenshot for those of us outside the US?

Re: Google logo blacked out on all search results (in US)

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Post by matdwyer » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 5:13 AM UTC

FlightOfGrey wrote: post #3

matdwyer wrote: post #2

Must be geotargeted as the google.com logo for searches in Canada aren't black. It does say "Tell Congress: Please don't censor the web!"

A Google representative said "So tomorrow we will be joining many other tech companies to highlight this issue on our U.S. home page." (from the article) So only the US google home page will be affected.

Yes - when we go to Google.com, it redirects us automatically to google.ca. That being said, we can click "go to google.com" and it usually shows the US version.

Re: Google logo blacked out on all search results (in US)

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Post by aikinai » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 5:13 AM UTC

It looks like they've still got some kinks to iron out. On the Take Action page, I'm getting a server error on the right and when I try to open the PDF it goes to a Google Docs page that tells me I don't have permission.

Re: Google logo blacked out on all search results (in US)

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Post by dvdhsu » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 5:15 AM UTC

Here's a screenshot. Sorry for forgetting you foreign folks.

http://i.imgur.com/JBf8B.jpg

Re: Google logo blacked out on all search results (in US)

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Post by fishtoaster » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 5:19 AM UTC

aikinai wrote: post #6

It looks like they've still got some kinks to iron out. On the Take Action page, I'm getting a server error on the right and when I try to open the PDF it goes to a Google Docs page that tells me I don't have permission.

On the google doc with the permissions error, click 'Download Original' in the upper right corner.

Re: Google logo blacked out on all search results (in US)

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Post by waiwai933 » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 5:22 AM UTC

aikinai wrote: post #6

It looks like they've still got some kinks to iron out. On the Take Action page, I'm getting a server error on the right and when I try to open the PDF it goes to a Google Docs page that tells me I don't have permission.

If you remove the "s" from the "https" in the URL (not the protocol, but there's one in the URL itself), it should work.

Re: Google logo blacked out on all search results (in US)

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Post by marquis » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 5:22 AM UTC

dvdhsu wrote: post #7

Here's a screenshot. Sorry for forgetting you foreign folks. http://i.imgur.com/JBf8B.jpg

Is that all they did? A skewed blacked out logo? I hardly saw it. I was hoping for something a little more dramatic rather than something I would pass off as a glitch on the internet.