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by esperent 1050 days ago
I accidentally found a good test string for image search a few months ago:

Bamboo sign

Give it a try on Google images. You'll see that nearly all the results are x-rays of people with ankylosing spondylitis, a form of which is commonly referred to as "bamboo spine".

I tested out brave search - it correctly shows 90% signs however it does also show a few spines.

Google still shows incorrect results months later. It's by far the worst of all the search engines in the list for this simple and obvious search.

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Actually, the Google result is not incorrect. In radiology, an X-ray of a patient with ankylosing spondylitis is said to display the "bamboo sign", a real medical term describing the appearance of the backbones. Google is showing the result that is more relevant to thousands of medical students (such as myself) who are trying to understand a radiology report, but that may not be relevant to someone who just wants a sign made out of bamboo