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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 googlewashing #100468 04/09/03 11:30 PM 04/09/03 11:30 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh OP Pooh-Bah jmh   OP Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 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 Re: googlewashing #100469 04/10/03 02:18 AM 04/10/03 02:18 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 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. Re: googlewashing #100470 04/10/03 02:21 AM 04/10/03 02:21 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Googlewashing sounds a mite synonymous with hogwashing...seriously. Re: googlewashing #100471 04/10/03 08:06 AM 04/10/03 08:06 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley   Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 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 Re: googlewashing #100472 04/10/03 09:03 AM 04/10/03 09:03 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb   Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 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. Re: googlewashing #100473 04/10/03 12:49 PM 04/10/03 12:49 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 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! Re: hogwash home decor #100474 04/10/03 01:00 PM 04/10/03 01:00 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 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! Re: hogwash home decor #100475 04/10/03 01:06 PM 04/10/03 01:06 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont those are great, WO'N! formerly known as etaoin... FWIW Department #100476 04/11/03 03:24 AM 04/11/03 03:24 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 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 Re: Joanna.. #100477 04/11/03 03:30 AM 04/11/03 03:30 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass ..a woman after my own hearth. -joe (crossfire) ingle Page 1 of 2 1 2 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. 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