When you type the query “monkey holding box” in Google search, you will get controversial results to this query and found out a black youngster carrying a box in the image section.
Some people consider “monkey carrying a box” video as a joke while some think that it might be a Google error and Google gets confused with the black boy and a monkey. Although this image has been uploaded by a human only by using the hashtag ie #monkeyholdingbox.
What was the Error?
So what was controversial about the search results for query monkey holding a box?
The answer would be clear like if someone searches for “monkey holding box” in Google search results then he/she might expect to get images related to a monkey carrying a box or videos where a monkey doing fun activities with the box.
That is common sense, right? But Google does not work on common sense and they show results as per the search terms.
Because of wrong tags and titles being used by a person while uploading the image, search engines find this video more relevant to the search query.
Why Google gets confused with Search Query Monkey Holding a Box
There are several reasons by Google gets confused between a black younger and a monkey when someone searches for the query Monkey Holding Box. The first reason might be that human and monkey possesses several similarities. Secondly, if you look at the image of a monkey then it is also wearing clothes that might confuse Google to show relevant results.
Even after a year, search results for the query “monkey carrying a box” have not improved yet and you will today also see the same results in Google search results as that one year ago.
Google vs Other Search Engine Results
Google is a search engine that is been trusted by millions of people and they trust its results with closed eyes. In previous days if you search for the query Monkey Holding Box then google will present the video of boy holding a box in the first position.
People use to trust Google and other search engines like bing as these search engines follow several algorithms so it is hard to believe that they will show wrong results.
Where Google Needs to work?
Search engines understand the requirements of people and provide them best possible results. Search Engines find one or the other way by making use of several algorithms to understand the relevance between the search queries and search results.
Search Engines make use of keywords; tags that might provide the right signals to the web crawler so that when people search for a query, search engines provide the best possible results as per their requirements. In the case of the query ‘Monkey Carrying a box, optimizers have failed to provide appropriate results.
Worst Part:
The worst part about this video is that a Youtuber was searching for an image with that keyword but the results were quite devastating and he found an image of a boy carrying a box. Another worst thing about the image is that it has been titled with the funny keyword “monkey holding a box.”
Youtube highlighted the fact of racism behind this video. Because of racism, someone has tagged an image of a youngster in monkey category.
Reactions Captured
Social Media Hype
If you want to spread little news to the people aa over the world then Social media is the best option that one can opt. It didn't take long to spread the news of Google mistake and it gets widespread over the social media networks. People start sharing their thought s and reactions on the internet. Some started questioning about the Google algorithm while some people found it as a humor.
Algorithm Challenges
This Google mistake raised many questions whether it would be relate to algorithms or the challenges faced by the AI system on which Google recently started working. Algorithms are designed to provide relevant results to the users based on their intent but sometimes Google came across some ambiguous queries where it also gets confused like what to show and what n to show in results.
Response from Google
Google commits that mistake has been done from their end and their team is trying the level best to find the root cause of this mismatch result. Google also provide assurance to the users that this mistake won't gets repeated in nearby future.
Final Verdict:
Monkey holding a box video is trending in the first position on Google and later on other search engines like Bing, and Yahoo also follows the same trend and show the same image on the top of search results.
Whatever might be the reason for showing this video on the top but it is not good to see such results on search engines. Hope you might get the appropriate results to your queries, If you come across such an issue in nearby future then do share it with us in the comment section below.
FAQ's
What is the root cause of this Algorithm Biases?
There is firstly need to address address bias in AI algorithms. There are certain vast datasets from where AI will learn and if there is any ambiguity AI can perpetuate those biases in its responses also that results in wrong information that Google shows in search results.
What is the social media reaction for money holding box error?
Several TikTok video creators created a video immediately after this error occurred questioning about the Google algorithms and shared their shocking reaction on this unexpected result.
Other reactions on social media that we have noticed are:
- People shared the post on Instagram asking the professionals to provide explanation on this irrelevant result.
- Several Youtube videos can be seen sharing "why this money holding a box" error has occurred.
- Several SEO groups on Facebook started discussing that is it a genuine mistake or there is flaw in SEO algorithms.
- Detailed analysis of this mistake was also done by some of the professionals and they shared that on LinkedIn.
- There was a tweet as "“Google went completely left field with this Monkey Holding Box image result!”
- You know what that Tiktok video has been viewed more than 30k times.
