The words Google doesn’t want you to see

Google Instant, the search engine’s latest incarnation, kicks out search results as you type. To avoid offending anyone, Google has taken precautions to ensure naughty words don’t appear in a search. The website 2600.com is calling it the Google Blacklist. What that means is that you have to hit enter for Google to search for these words. Searches for the blacklisted words won’t appear instantly. Here’s one from the blacklist: “hairy.” Hmm. A list of the Google Blackli…

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