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title: Oracle of Google
date: "2002-09-11T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1173
description: I found the Oracle of Google, a web app that guesses answers to multiple-choice questions using search result frequencies. While effective for queries like India's President, it highlights how current popularity can sometimes skew algorithmic results.
keywords: [oracle of google, search algorithms, google api, information retrieval, data mining, web apps]
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The [Oracle of Google](http://www.mycgiserver.com/~Morat/) is the coolest Google app so far. Ask it a question with 4 choices, and it uses Google to guess the answer. It knows that [Abdul Kalam is India's President](http://www.mycgiserver.com/servlet/Morat.GoogleTest?question=Who+is+India%27s+President%3F&answers=R+Venkatraman&answers=Abdul+Kalam&answers=Shankar+Dayal+Sharma&answers=Vajpayee), though it did [prefer Vajpayee to former Presidents](http://www.mycgiserver.com/servlet/Morat.GoogleTest?question=Who+is+India%27s+President%3F&answers=R+Venkatraman&answers=S+Radhakrishnan&answers=Shankar+Dayal+Sharma&answers=Vajpayee). [via Google Weblog](http://google.blogspace.com/)