Checkout trader's joe logo on Google • Hacker News Board

Re: Checkout trader's joe logo on Google

#11

Post by aimor » Thu, Sep 15, 2022, 4:46 AM UTC

On Google News something that drives me crazy is when the thumbnail image next to an article isn't actually in the article.

Re: Checkout trader's joe logo on Google

#12

Post by porjo » Thu, Sep 15, 2022, 4:47 AM UTC

yuppiepuppie wrote: post #8

bombcar wrote: post #5

For those not seeing it not scrolling down, the “Google info” is showing a logo that clearly referenced Biden and says “Traitor Joe”. Either TJs has gone unexpectedly political or Google’s AI is going weird again.

Might be geolocation based? I’m in Europe and don’t see it.

I'm in Australia and I see it

Re: Checkout trader's joe logo on Google

#13

Post by randomdata » Thu, Sep 15, 2022, 4:48 AM UTC

yuppiepuppie wrote: post #8

bombcar wrote: post #5

For those not seeing it not scrolling down, the “Google info” is showing a logo that clearly referenced Biden and says “Traitor Joe”. Either TJs has gone unexpectedly political or Google’s AI is going weird again.

Might be geolocation based? I’m in Europe and don’t see it.

I see it on desktop but not mobile.

Re: Checkout trader's joe logo on Google

#14

Post by foobarbecue » Thu, Sep 15, 2022, 4:53 AM UTC

randomdata wrote: post #13

yuppiepuppie wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Might be geolocation based? I’m in Europe and don’t see it.

I see it on desktop but not mobile.

I see it on mobile (USA)

Re: Checkout trader's joe logo on Google

#15

Post by exolymph » Thu, Sep 15, 2022, 4:54 AM UTC

Screenshot since I assume this will be fixed pretty quickly: https://i.imgur.com/WCbvynl.png

Re: Checkout trader's joe logo on Google

#16

Post by latchkey » Thu, Sep 15, 2022, 5:00 AM UTC

Image is gone now for me.

Re: Checkout trader's joe logo on Google

#17

Post by kube-system » Thu, Sep 15, 2022, 5:01 AM UTC

foobarbecue wrote: post #14

randomdata wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see it on desktop but not mobile.

I see it on mobile (USA)

I don’t (USA)

Re: Checkout trader's joe logo on Google

#18

Post by convery » Thu, Sep 15, 2022, 5:07 AM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #6

tsavo wrote: post #4

The image links back to a blog/article which references Trader Joe's. If an algorithm is selecting the 'most appropriate image' for a search of a Store or Brand, that is worrisome as it will surely be gamed.

Political Google bombing has been a thing for a long time, and while the details of how it is done and what it acheives changes, it probably will be for a very long time in the future.

Yep, and there's not much google can do about it as every metric can be gamed. Remember the "upvote this thread so that this image is the first result when searching for [politicians name]" campaigns on Reddit the past 6 years? =P

Re: Checkout trader's joe logo on Google

#19

Post by convery » Thu, Sep 15, 2022, 5:08 AM UTC

yuppiepuppie wrote: post #8

bombcar wrote: post #5

For those not seeing it not scrolling down, the “Google info” is showing a logo that clearly referenced Biden and says “Traitor Joe”. Either TJs has gone unexpectedly political or Google’s AI is going weird again.

Might be geolocation based? I’m in Europe and don’t see it.

Sweden: Saw it 5 minutes ago, now there's no logo at all.

Re: Checkout trader's joe logo on Google

#20

Post by userbinator » Thu, Sep 15, 2022, 5:09 AM UTC

exolymph wrote: post #15

Screenshot since I assume this will be fixed pretty quickly: https://i.imgur.com/WCbvynl.png

I wonder if the thought occurred to them to extract the image from the top result site instead of whatever else their AI thought would be appropriate. Yes, that can also be gamed, but at least they'll be consistent.