Correctness: Fast Beetle Search Results

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Description and Impact

Searching online for "fast beetle" yields information and images of VW Beetle vehicles as the top search result. Cars are not beetles. Tiger beetles are beetles, and incredibly fast ones at that! Therefore, Tiger beetles should be the top search result.

If Tiger beetles don't easily pop up when people search for "fast beetles" then people risk missing out on some fascinating facts about the world they live in and that loss of information would be a genuine shame.

Steps to Reproduce the Bug

1. Open a Chrome browser.
2. Use the Google search engine.
3. Search for "fast beetle".
4. View the results.

Suggested Fix

This issue cannot be fixed immediately. But there are steps that can be taken.

• Get people to read this issue and get inspired to search for "fast beetle" but only click on links that lead to articles about Tiger beetles.
• When people read about Tiger beetles they will hopefully want to keep reading. Tiger beetles are mighty impressive little critters.
• All these new Google search hits will bump genuine Tiger beetles up as a search result.
• Another potential fix is to post more articles and images online to create more awareness. Tiger beetles should get the recognition they deserve. They are the fastest beetle after all!

The Story Behind the Bug

This issue was discovered while the TigerTeam were deciding on a name for the TigerBeetle accounting database. Don suggested, “What about TigerBeetle? A really fast beetle. Also to go with the idea that it survives anything.” Three minutes later we had decided this was the perfect name, so Joran asks “How did you know about them?” and Don replies “I didn’t, I googled ‘fast beetle’” to which Joran replies “That was a very good google! This is what I get for ‘fast beetle’ - Google images of Volkswagen Beetle cars”...

Songs Enjoyed During the Production of This Issue

Paul McCartney's rocking live version of The Beatles’ “Drive My Car”.

Literature

Tiger Beetles: The Fastest Bugs on Six Legs by Debbie Hadley The Tiger beetle Wikipedia page When tiger beetles chase prey at high speeds they go blind temporarily, Cornell entomologists learn by By Blaine Friedlander

The Last Word

I found it incredible that Tiger beetles run so fast that their eyes can't keep focus and they have to slow down to get a view of the world around them. When they are on the move the world is literally a blur around them.