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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Failure #165330 01/20/2007 3:53 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 91 callithump journeyman callithump journeyman Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 91 Somebody told me this. If you haven't been told, here we go: 1. Go to Google.com 2. Search "failure" by pressing the button "I'm feeling lucky", NOT "Search"! 3. If Google hasn't fixed the problem, what you get will be:... I don't know how Google's algorithm is designed to bring out such a result. Association Rule? Or somebody in Google is sabotaging? Last edited by callithump; 01/20/2007 3:56 AM. Do inform me if you see any corrections needed in my written English. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Failure #165331 01/20/2007 5:15 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass two things: 1) there's nothing magical about the "lucky" button; it merely shows you the current most popular hit for that search string. (go ahead, try the search button) b) here's the explanation, from Google[Blog] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Failure #165332 01/20/2007 12:06 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh I don't know how Google's algorithm is designed to bring out such a result. Association Rule? Or somebody in Google is sabotaging? It's people outside of Google trying to influence the rank of a page. It's so popular it has a name; it's called Google bombing. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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