Google has buried links and search results from Australian news publishers under the guise of an experiment with its ranking algorithm. The revelations come amid a high-profile dispute between the tech giant and Australian government over an impending law that will compel the company to pay news publishers for content. Attempts to search for news stories from certain outlets, including the Australian Financial Review and Sydney Morning Herald, found either the articles did not appear or older search results were displayed, according to anecdotal evidence reported by the Australian Financial Review. Google Australia confirmed it was experimenting with its algorithm until early February. “Every year we conduct tens of thousands of experiments in Google Search,” a spokesperson told The Epoch Times. “We’re currently running a few experiments that will each reach about 1 percent of Google Search users in Australia to measure the impacts of news businesses, and Google Search on …