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Google a few weeks back released Google Suggest, a Beta version. Gawker pointed out that using Google Suggest for the term Paris yielded some interesting results.

Well try searching google suggest for "porn" or "penis": Google has no suggestions.

A standard google search results in 90,700,000 entries for the word "porn", yet Google Suggest has no recomendations? How strange.

Interestingly enough, the benign term "bread" displays many suggestions in google suggest; yet there are only 19,000,000 entries. It seems "porn" with four and a half times more entries should have at least a few suggestions.

We understand that maybe google doesn't want to suggest things that could leave them in an awkward position. For instance, imagine the algorithm for Google Suggest offering up "porn kiddie" or "Porn dogs" by accident.

But what about something like "Nude" which has no sexual connotation: same result, no suggestions. Google it seems, has decided to censor certain words.

Sex is a no-no for google, but racism seems to be alright. "Nazi" and "Nigger" both yield suggestions. Is google attempting to promote racial prejudice while keeping us from our nudie pictures?

Words that didn't yield results in Google Suggest:
Sex, Penis, Pornography, dildo, slut, nipple, porn.

Words that Google Deemed Ok to offer suggestions for:
Bread, Pants, dodo, marijuana, prom.