Third-Party Wrapper Outranks Google's Official Nano Banana Page in Search Results

A recent social media post by tech observer Tom Schmidt highlighted a significant search ranking anomaly for Google's new AI image editing and generation tool, "Nano Banana." Schmidt observed that the top organic search result for "nano banana" was not Google's official landing page, but rather a third-party wrapper developed by a Hong Kong-based startup. This situation raises questions about Google's internal search algorithm prioritization for its own flagship AI products.

Google's "Nano Banana," officially known as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, is a state-of-the-art AI model integrated into the Gemini app, designed for advanced image editing and generation. Launched recently, it allows users to blend images, maintain character consistency, and perform precise edits using natural language prompts. The tool has garnered considerable attention and positive feedback, with Google actively promoting it under its popular codename, "Nano Banana."

However, as pointed out by Tom Schmidt in his tweet, searching for "nano banana" yields a website from "DanDan AI" as the primary organic result. Schmidt stated, > "when you search 'nano banana', the top organic result is not gemini's nano banana landing page, but instead https://t.co/DVfQz95o5U, a pretty amateur-looking gemini api wrapper from DanDan AI, a HK-based startup (?)." This suggests a potential disconnect between Google's product promotion and its search engine's indexing and ranking priorities.

DanDan AI Limited, the company behind the higher-ranking wrapper, was incorporated in Hong Kong on June 23, 2025. Operating the domain nanobanana.ai, the startup has quickly established a presence by leveraging the public interest in Google's new AI offering. While the official Google pages for Gemini and its image generation capabilities exist, the third-party site's prominence in search results could divert traffic and potentially confuse users seeking official information or access to Google's tool.

This incident underscores the ongoing challenges major tech companies face in managing the discoverability and branding of their rapidly evolving AI products. For Google, a company built on search, the inability of its own search engine to prioritize an official product page over a third-party wrapper highlights a peculiar internal inconsistency. The situation could prompt Google to review its search algorithms to ensure that its proprietary offerings are appropriately visible to users.