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Via Daily Mail
Google has been forced to offer an apology to the Indian Prime Minister after his picture began appearing in an image search for ‘top ten criminals’.
Political leaders voiced concern after Narendra Modi’s picture began appearing as part of the search, alongside others such as Osama Bin Laden and Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony.
Bosses at Google have now issued an apology, saying specific image searches often throw up bizarre results because of how the pictures are stored online.
A spokesman said: ‘These results trouble us and are not reflective of the opinions of Google. Sometimes, the way images are described online can yield surprising results to specific queries.’
The image of Mr Modi that appeared most frequently in the Google search is taken from a British news site and features the word ‘criminal’ in the caption, possibly leading to the confusion.
However, rather than describing Mr Modi as a criminal, the article is actually about Mr Modi’s comments on fellow criminal politicians.
Google, like all search engine companies, uses a complex algorithm to return results to any particular search.
While it is not known exactly how the Google algorithm functions, three factors will determine how high up a search any given result features: how long the page has existed for, where key words appear on the page, and how many other pages it links to.