I guess that has something to do with the name of the images. The sexual
image has the name of File:Sexuality *pearl necklace*
small.png<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sexuality_pearl_necklace_small.png>so,
would be obvious to be one of the first results if you are looking for
*pearl necklace*.
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On 11 October 2011 16:53, WereSpielChequers <[email protected]>wrote:

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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:22:37 +0100 (BST)
>> From: Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]>
>> Subject: [Commons-l] Commons search function vs. Google
>> To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <[email protected]>
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>> We are wondering on Meta[1]?what criteria the Commons search function uses
>> to establish the order of search results displayed.
>>
>>
>> To give some examples, searching for "pearl necklace" in Commons shows a
>> woman with sperm on her neck as the first image result:
>>
>>
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=pearl+necklace&fulltext=Search
>>
>>
>> The same image is way down in a Google search (with safe search off) for
>> pearl necklace on Commons:
>>
>>
>> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cucumber+site:commons.wikimedia.org&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbm=isch&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw
>> .,cf.osb&biw=1111&bih=774&uss=1#um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=pearl+necklace+site:
>> commons.wikimedia.org&oq=pearl+necklace+site:commons.wikimedia.org
>> &aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=113279l114967l0l115854l14l11l0l0l0l8l261l2003l0.8.3l11l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=49f703222a617ec&biw=1111&bih=774
>>
>>
>> Searching for "electric toothbrushes" in Commons shows a woman
>> masturbating with a toothbrush as the second image result:
>>
>>
>>
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=electric+toothbrushes&fulltext=Search
>>
>>
>> The same image turns up in Google as well (with safe search switched off),
>> though not as one of the first results:
>>
>>
>> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cucumber+site:commons.wikimedia.org&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbm=isch&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw
>> .,cf.osb&biw=1111&bih=774&uss=1#um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=electric+toothbrushes+site:
>> commons.wikimedia.org&pbx=1&oq=electric+toothbrushes+site:
>> commons.wikimedia.org
>> &aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=341351l344565l0l345961l21l19l0l0l0l13l255l3528l0.11.8l19l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=49f703222a617ec&biw=1111&bih=774
>>
>>
>> Searching for "cucumber" in Commons shows a woman with a cucumber up her
>> vagina on the first page of search results:
>>
>>
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=cucumber&fulltext=Search
>>
>> Doing a Google search for cucumber on Commons (with safe search off) does
>> not bring this image up among the first hundred or so results:
>>
>>
>> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cucumber+site:commons.wikimedia.org&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbm=isch&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw
>> .,cf.osb&biw=1111&bih=774&uss=1
>>
>>
>> Why is our listing so different from the one in Google, and why are sexual
>> images so much higher up in our listing of search results?
>>
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>>
>> [1]?http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Controversial_content/Brainstorming?
>>
>>
> I don't know how Google does it, but I'd bet that our search prioritises by
> word order in the description. So a description that starts Pearl Necklace
> comes before "A white pearl necklace". If you amend the description them I
> suspect the search results will change.
>
> WereSpielChequers
>
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