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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Jetmech Jr. on June 17, 2005, 03:25:12 am

Title: Google>Bush
Post by: Jetmech Jr. on June 17, 2005, 03:25:12 am
This is just too good not to post:

http://googlevbush.ytmnd.com/
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: TopAce on June 17, 2005, 04:05:17 am
I thought anything related to Bush is too evil to be posted here. Anyway, the site doesn't load for me. It may be because my net connection is weird nowadays, or maybe the link you gave is broken.
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: Carl on June 17, 2005, 05:09:49 am
YTMND.com hasn't been working for a while.
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: Ghost on June 17, 2005, 07:36:37 am
Too bad they messed up on the URL.
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: Nuclear1 on June 17, 2005, 08:29:24 am
That's old. As dirt.
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: Liberator on June 17, 2005, 08:31:14 am
It's just an example of Google letting politics override reality.
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: Rictor on June 17, 2005, 08:41:33 am
I think Google works on how many pages link to a specific word or phrase. So it's just a matter of more websites linking to Bush with that phrase. Notice how Michael Moore is second :p :p
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: aldo_14 on June 17, 2005, 09:03:12 am
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Originally posted by Liberator
It's just an example of Google letting politics override reality.


Um.... I hope you're not winding up on a 'liberal lefty commie media' rant....

They actually use a very complicated ranking system (http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html)

Spoiler:

Rictor's right; google ranks pages based on the number of linking sites to it, and also upon the ranks of those linking sites. This can be abused for google-bombs where rings of, for example, blogs all link to each other, and then link a keyword.

So for failure, you get Bush.  For liar, you get Blair.

Not too unfair, IMHO....
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: MatthewPapa on June 17, 2005, 09:14:04 am
Just like when you type in 'french military victories' in google and do the im feeling lucky thing. See what comes up.
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: Kie99 on June 17, 2005, 09:58:36 am
Or Weapons of Mass Destruction.

EDIT: I've got my avatar. w00t!
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: achtung on June 17, 2005, 12:31:34 pm
Wheres that background music from?  I can't remember.
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: Ace on June 17, 2005, 02:28:44 pm
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Originally posted by Liberator
It's just an example of Google letting politics override reality.


A shining example of American mental powress here! :p

It pops up those things due to the crosslinking used. Simply put, its not surprising when most of the world dislikes Bush that most of the sites on the internet (even though a lot of webusers are Americans) will have anti-Bush phrases. Even something as simple as "failure to secure the borders of the United States/Iraq/San Jose" which is stated in conservative blogs will do.

Plus all it takes is a few sites to be using "Bush" to refer to genitalia and it'll reference to that to.

Then when your Vice-Presidents nickname is "Dick" it doesn't help either.

So the end result is a lot of Bush, Dick, and Failures.

Liberator, just remember that the very universe has an anti-GOP agenda ;)

...just doing my part to undo some GOPiganda today.
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: TopAce on June 17, 2005, 02:50:20 pm
I have just been able to view the thing.
Funny stuff, but I don't post a :lol: smiley.

Ops, I did.
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: Deepblue on June 17, 2005, 03:32:41 pm
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Originally posted by Ace


A shining example of American mental powress here! :p


Hey! I refuse to be generalized! :p
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: Corsair on June 17, 2005, 05:47:58 pm
It would be just old old old but the music... :D
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: Kosh on June 17, 2005, 07:02:49 pm
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Originally posted by Liberator
It's just an example of Google letting politics override reality.



Bogus. Bush had a history of being a failed businessman. Virtually every single company he headed or was a part of the executive board went down in flames while he walked away with other people's money.


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Um.... I hope you're not winding up on a 'liberal lefty commie media' rant....



If he wants to make a fool of himself, he is more than welcome to.
Title: Google>Bush
Post by: phreak on June 17, 2005, 09:19:27 pm
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Originally posted by Carl
YTMND.com hasn't been working for a while.


probably because of this

http://maddoxgame.ytmnd.com/