Former US President Joe Biden’s term at the White House was completely removed from the Google Search Query, including “US President”, “United States Presidents” and “US Presidents in Order”, a report in a report Independent has claimed. For a brief period on Thursday (23 January), social media users complained that Mr. Biden was not to serve the USA in the list of presidents.
In the list, President Donald Trump has not found Mr. Biden’s name as the last two presidents of America. However, before the Republican Leader’s 2016 tenure, the list showed the correct results, naming Barack Obama, George Bush and Bill Clinton, and George Washington was back.
The users posted screenshots of their results, showing how Mr. Biden was removed. It is not clear how long Mr. Biden was written from Google Search history, but the mess was fixed around 2 AM ET (12:30 PM IST).
,@Google So if I type in American presidents, I get a list of US Presidents when they were in the office, except that there is no one @Joebiden,
Nobody knows anyone? @Searchliason What’s going on? #SEO @Barry pic.twitter.com/bx9xktl0ab
– Christine (@Scachin) on Crystine ?? (@Schachin) January 23, 2025
Getting more WTF …
When you google “US President 2020-2024”, all this is Trump … Biden’s name only appears on Wikipedia results on the search page.
Who paid Google to start this SEO Bullsh*T to help eradicate an entire presidential post? pic.twitter.com/uvbd9Sokzi
– KJ Bennett January 23, 2025
Google replies
Asked about the issue, Google admitted the mistake and stated that it was due to some “data error”.
“Our knowledge graph had a brief data error,” was said by a Google spokesman CNBC“We identified the root cause and resolved it quickly.”
Internet reacts
Before Google deployed counselor to sort the situation, a part of social media users claimed that Mr. Biden claims to leave the name of Biden that Big Tech was the latest attempt for President Trump.
A user wrote, “If it stands, it will be one of the most adventurous and most dangerous moments in the existence of the Internet, as it would be a clear performance of the force that they will disappear completely in protest,” a user Wrote, while another couple, while another couple: “Google United States President and Biden are not there.
One third remarked: “To start this SEO Bullsh*T, Google paid to help erase an entire presidential post?”
In particular, Google was among several major technical companies, who donated money to Shri Trump’s inaugural fund. The search engine giant donated $ 1 million to the fund with a major permanent position on stage with another tech CEO at a ceremony held on Monday.
