Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/2002/05/13/bbc_fixes_search_engine_glitch/
BBC fixes search engine glitch
Update: Thank goodness
Posted in Legal, 13th May 2002 15:11 GMT
We've just heard back from the BBC after we called this morning about some unusual results from its new "editorially independent" search engine.
One of our vulture-eyed readers spotted that if you entered "Virgin Radio" or "Classic FM" it returned BBC-related Web sites at the top of the search listings.
And that's despite the Beeb's proud boast that "Our Web search is editorially independent."
So what was up?
A spokesman for the BBC told us that the results were down to a "technical error" and had now been rectified. ®