When tweaking a search engine doesn't work; someone's been playing with Google.

digitalwanderer · Oct 5, 2002, 09:56 PM

I got this link off of an pretty cool /. story this morning called "Google results downgraded?". It seems Google's latest update kills googlebombing (go read the articles, I love the word!) but seems to have affected a whole bunch of other page rankings as well.

Google is the best there is IMHO, if something is wrong I'm sure they'll fix it, but it sure is a smart idea to keep an eye on how the tech behind the engine works from time to time if'n you're going to rely on it. One thing I like about Google is how well watched/documented it is by the geek community, makes it easier for shmucks like me to understand what's going on.

EDITED BITS: Oh, a bit of a more mainstream story of it on wired.com.

black_out · Sep 3, 2003, 08:59 PM

They took out the best feature by searching for "go to hell" and ending up at Microsoft.com --- well I guess dell.com will have to do! "dude I got a hell computer" is what takes its place.

Oct 5, 2002, 09:56 PM	#1
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	When tweaking a search engine doesn't work; someone's been playing with Google. I got this link off of an pretty cool /. story this morning called "Google results downgraded?". It seems Google's latest update kills googlebombing (go read the articles, I love the word!) but seems to have affected a whole bunch of other page rankings as well. Google is the best there is IMHO, if something is wrong I'm sure they'll fix it, but it sure is a smart idea to keep an eye on how the tech behind the engine works from time to time if'n you're going to rely on it. One thing I like about Google is how well watched/documented it is by the geek community, makes it easier for shmucks like me to understand what's going on. EDITED BITS: Oh, a bit of a more mainstream story of it on wired.com. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Sep 3, 2003, 08:59 PM	#2
black_out DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	They took out the best feature by searching for "go to hell" and ending up at Microsoft.com --- well I guess dell.com will have to do! "dude I got a hell computer" is what takes its place.