Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was not on top as far as Google was concerned.
On Wednesday morning, anyone who entered “presidential candidates” as a Google search may have been surprised to find that Trump wasn’t among the top results.
SCRANTON, PA – JULY 27: Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses a crowd of supporters on July 27, 2016 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Trump spoke at the Lackawanna College Student Union Gymnasium. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
While Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein popped up prominently in the top bar, Trump and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson only appeared in the news results below.
It didn’t take long for Google to repair the bug on Wednesday and issue the following statement about what happened:
“We found a technical bug in Search where only the presidential candidates participating in an active primary election were appearing in a Knowledge Graph result. Because the Republican and Libertarian primaries have ended, those candidates did not appear. This bug was resolved early this morning.” — Google Spokesperson
But some Trump supporters cried conspiracy:
Of course, this wasn’t the first time social media was accused of “rigging” :
