pretty funny, but at the same time pretty crude <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
<strong>How does that work? Why? Who's responsible?</strong><hr></blockquote>
It's just a freak of Googlenature.
"I'm Feeling Lucky" takes you directly to the top result from the search you've entered.
Therefore, the Ellen Feiss page is the top result for the search "stoned chicks".
The Ellen Feiss page is the top result for that search because it's linked to by more pages referring to "stoned chicks" than any other, and is also, most likely, referred to by more "high-quality" (Google's term, not mine) pages about "stoned chicks" than any other.
From Google:
[quote]The heart of our software is PageRank?, a system for ranking web pages developed by our founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University. And while we have dozens of engineers working to improve every aspect of Google on a daily basis, PageRank continues to provide the basis for all of our web search tools.
PageRank Explained
PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page's value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves "important" weigh more heavily and help to make other pages "important."
Important, high-quality sites receive a higher PageRank, which Google remembers each time it conducts a search. Of course, important pages mean nothing to you if they don't match your query. So, Google combines PageRank with sophisticated text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to your search. Google goes far beyond the number of times a term appears on a page and examines all aspects of the page's content (and the content of the pages linking to it) to determine if it's a good match for your query.
Integrity
Google's complex, automated methods make human tampering with our results extremely difficult. And though we do run relevant ads above and next to our results, Google does not sell placement within the results themselves (i.e., no one can buy a higher PageRank). A Google search is an easy, honest and objective way to find high-quality websites with information relevant to your search.<hr></blockquote>
Look on the bright side: A search for "stoned chicks" could result in a page about the Punishment of Rajam as applied to adulterous baby chickens.
Oh, and for more information about ways to exploit Googlenature, read the original article on "<a href="http://uber.nu/2001/04/06/"; target="_blank">google bombing</a>."
I bet Ellen wishes she never did that TV commercial. No one warned her how sick and warped some Mac users are. <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
Comments
<strong>Just out of curiosity, why did you do a search for stoned chicks in the first place?</strong><hr></blockquote>Eugene is a real horn dog.
<strong>Eugene is a real horn dog.
The Sun is hot.
<strong>"Stoned girls," however, leads to something different entirely....
Next time I'm not going to take the bait when someone says something like this
<strong>How does that work? Why? Who's responsible?</strong><hr></blockquote>
It's just a freak of Googlenature.
"I'm Feeling Lucky" takes you directly to the top result from the search you've entered.
Therefore, the Ellen Feiss page is the top result for the search "stoned chicks".
The Ellen Feiss page is the top result for that search because it's linked to by more pages referring to "stoned chicks" than any other, and is also, most likely, referred to by more "high-quality" (Google's term, not mine) pages about "stoned chicks" than any other.
From Google:
[quote]The heart of our software is PageRank?, a system for ranking web pages developed by our founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University. And while we have dozens of engineers working to improve every aspect of Google on a daily basis, PageRank continues to provide the basis for all of our web search tools.
PageRank Explained
PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page's value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves "important" weigh more heavily and help to make other pages "important."
Important, high-quality sites receive a higher PageRank, which Google remembers each time it conducts a search. Of course, important pages mean nothing to you if they don't match your query. So, Google combines PageRank with sophisticated text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to your search. Google goes far beyond the number of times a term appears on a page and examines all aspects of the page's content (and the content of the pages linking to it) to determine if it's a good match for your query.
Integrity
Google's complex, automated methods make human tampering with our results extremely difficult. And though we do run relevant ads above and next to our results, Google does not sell placement within the results themselves (i.e., no one can buy a higher PageRank). A Google search is an easy, honest and objective way to find high-quality websites with information relevant to your search.<hr></blockquote>
Look on the bright side: A search for "stoned chicks" could result in a page about the Punishment of Rajam as applied to adulterous baby chickens.
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Check this one out! Make sure you put the following sentence in QUOTES! Copy and paste, then press I'm feeling lucky!
"greeting to the inhabitants of planet Earth."
<strong>Heh, this thread is now #5 on the full search</strong><hr></blockquote>
How self-referential this thread could end up being...
Thank you, Eugene, thank you!
I hope a PC troll stumbles into this thread. Proof we mac users can laugh at ourselves.
<strong>
Thank you, Eugene, thank you!
I hope a PC troll stumbles into this thread. Proof we mac users can laugh at ourselves.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Hey there!
Somebody summoned me?
It's nice to see that you are more "relaxed" than most of us PC-users seem to be.
I wonder what's the reason for that?
Or why this is the only forum I know with this Smilie: " <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> ".
Cheers,
Mac