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Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Topic Options #100468 - 04/09/03 07:30 PM googlewashing jmh Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/22/00 Posts: 1981 Is it going to make the OED? Any thoughts? many internet users adore Google. It has become the world's biggest search engine purely on the basis of being a good product, without recourse to expensive marketing campaigns. This mixture of passion and protectiveness has led to a bit of a flap over allegations that searched results on Google were being fixed. The claim was that people had worked out how to fool the search engine's ranking system into putting some webpages above others in an attempt to manipulate public opinion. The term "Googlewashing" was coined to describe the practice. (This should not be confused with the more innocent "Googlewhacking"). Further discussed here http://www.news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=416852003 Top #100469 - 04/09/03 10:18 PM Re: googlewashing Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11613 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky fool the search engine's ranking system into putting some webpages above others Good grief, is that even possible? And how could that affect "public opinion"? Is there a poll on Google sites somewhere? I've never seen a place to vote on one. I like, though, that google seems to have become a verb. Top #100470 - 04/09/03 10:21 PM Re: googlewashing WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/13/01 Posts: 4189 Loc: Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Googlewashing sounds a mite synonymous with hogwashing...seriously. Top #100471 - 04/10/03 04:06 AM Re: googlewashing Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta Hogwash gives 63,400 hits on Google, including http://hogwash.com/, the homepage for Hog Wash Orange Cleaner and Degreaser. I don't think I've ever cleaned or degreased an orange in my life. How do you do this? Is it just a matter of spraying the orange with the cleaner and degreaser? Bingley _________________________ Bingley Top #100472 - 04/10/03 05:03 AM Re: googlewashing dxb Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/06/02 Posts: 1692 Loc: UK Hog Wash Orange Cleaner and Degreaser It may be a pithy title, but it's not appeeling, has no zest and gives me the pip. I suspect it's an orange scented wash for cleaning and degreasing hogs. Top #100473 - 04/10/03 08:49 AM Re: googlewashing WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/13/01 Posts: 4189 Loc: Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Hog Wash Orange Cleaner and Degreaser They also have Hogwash Wallpaper (but the link won't work). Hogwash Wallpaper!...what a great idea! We could print-out all the Hogwash® games he ever hosted, make a wallpaper pattern out of them, have one of those secret home decorations, and surprise tswum for his birthday! Top #100474 - 04/10/03 09:00 AM Re: hogwash home decor WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/13/01 Posts: 4189 Loc: Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Or maybe one of these would make a cute wallpaper design: http://www.galleryamericana.com/BullasPor-hogwash.jpg http://www.themesshed.com/hogwash1.jpg The Hogmaster® would feel right at home! Top #100475 - 04/10/03 09:06 AM Re: hogwash home decor Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7210 Loc: Vermont those are great, WO'N! _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #100476 - 04/10/03 11:24 PM FWIW Department consuelo Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 2636 Loc: Caribbean Orange cleaner, and there are a ton of them in the stores these days, are cleaning products that have orange oil, presumeably extracted from the rind, as an active ingredient. I don't know if it's more effective than traditional cleaners but it has been a "hot item" in retail for a couple of years now, starting with "As Seen on TV" infomercials. It has been an active ingredient in "Goo Gone" for years, and I know for a fact that Goo Gone is excellent for removing adhesive messes. -Joanna (just the facts) Friday Top #100477 - 04/10/03 11:30 PM Re: Joanna.. tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass ..a woman after my own hearth. -joe (crossfire) ingle Top Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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. 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