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mithridates



Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency

PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:28 pm    Post subject: Miserable failure Reply with quote

See what happens when you type 'miserable failure' into Google:

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=miserable+failure&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
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Bulsajo



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Even better, don't hit the search button but the "I'm feeling lucky" button.
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wannago



Joined: 16 Apr 2004

PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Miserable failure Reply with quote

mithridates wrote:
See what happens when you type 'miserable failure' into Google:

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=miserable+failure&btnG=Google+Search&meta=


Ah yes, but the truth behind your cute little reason for a thread is in this article:

http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/3296101

But, that would mean being honest though, wouldn't it mith? Can't have that.
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Gopher



Joined: 04 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I learned a new word today: "cybergraffiti."

Mith: what led you to type in that particular combination of words in the first place? How did the idea occur to you?
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mithridates



Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency

PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I didn't actually - it's a technique called Google-bombing where people can set up enough pages with the same word that link to another in order to make it appear first when doing a search with that exact word. The term itself doesn't appear on Bush's profile itself but enough pages exist that do that make it appear right away. After that Bush supporters did the same thing to Michael Moore's, which is why it came in second.
Wink
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Gwangjuboy



Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Location: England

PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Type in "weapons of mass destruction" on yahoo.
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Dan



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Sunny Glendale, CA

PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey guys, welcome to 2002.
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dan wrote:
Hey guys, welcome to 2002.


Ha ha. I was thinking the same thing.
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Bulsajo



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hollywoodaction wrote:
Dan wrote:
Hey guys, welcome to 2002.


Ha ha. I was thinking the same thing.

Thought about it but Mith's a nice guy so I figured I'd let somebody else kill his thread.

Plus, it's not like he posted a link to Mahir Cagri's website or some dancing hamsters or anything that gauche.
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Gopher



Joined: 04 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bulsajo wrote:
Hollywoodaction wrote:
Dan wrote:
Hey guys, welcome to 2002.


Ha ha. I was thinking the same thing.

Thought about it but Mith's a nice guy so I figured I'd let somebody else kill his thread.

Plus, it's not like he posted a link to Mahir Cagri's website or some dancing hamsters or anything that gauche.


Dancing hamsters? Where baby?
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Bulsajo



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In my pants, baby.



Be careful what you wish for:





http://www.abum.com/?show_media=2755&file_type=Animations
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Gopher



Joined: 04 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bulsajo wrote:
In my pants, baby.



Be careful what you wish for:





http://www.abum.com/?show_media=2755&file_type=Animations


Yeah, baby! Be a hamster! Be a hamster! You're tunneling into the ground! Just digging! It's madness!

Laughing
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mithridates



Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency

PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Miserable failure Reply with quote

wannago wrote:
mithridates wrote:
See what happens when you type 'miserable failure' into Google:

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=miserable+failure&btnG=Google+Search&meta=


Ah yes, but the truth behind your cute little reason for a thread is in this article:

http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/3296101

But, that would mean being honest though, wouldn't it mith? Can't have that.


I just noticed what you wrote now. Bit touchy? The thread was about Googlebombing. I was thinking of using the Wikipedia article for ours and I was surprised that GW's bio was still on the top after all this time. The reason behind my 'cute little reason for a thread', was on the first page of my cute little reason for a thread. That was a nice bit of skullduggery on your part by moving your eyes two results down. Perhaps your skill in pointing out things obviously displayed on the front page would be better used in a post on how this board is actually owned by Dave Sperling?
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