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Posted by friday, 12:18, 28th May 2004:
 
I'm sure some of you know this game.

What 2 words put into google can give you only 1 result.

READY

STEADY

GO!
Posted by Alfie, 12:19, 28th May 2004:
 
Googlewhack, isn't that what it is called?
Posted by Alfie, 12:20, 28th May 2004:
 
as soon as we type any on this site they will stop being valid cos Cal's super code means that Google loves iamcal and tells everyone about it
Posted by friday, 12:21, 28th May 2004:
 
I'm not sure and the 2 words that I thought I did it on before, didn't work :-(
Posted by friday, 12:21, 28th May 2004:
 
oh alright then, not such a good idea after all
Posted by Grim..., 12:22, 28th May 2004:
 
Googlewhacking?
Posted by Grim..., 12:24, 28th May 2004:
 
The problem with Googlewhacking is that google indexes the googlewhack site, which contains all the previous whacks.

And what Chay said, although it will take 14 days or so for Google to catch up (unless the next Googledance is in a few minutes).
Posted by Alfie, 12:25, 28th May 2004:
 
you'd think google would have thought of that, seeing as it promotes their site, they could make it so that google turns a blind eye to the googlewhack site.
Posted by Sul, 12:26, 28th May 2004:
 
/me has signed copy of this book by a pissy author. :D
Posted by Grim..., 13:51, 28th May 2004:
 
Chay: Yeah, it's just a simple META tag.

Sul: What the fuck is that book about?
Posted by Brock, 14:02, 28th May 2004:
 
Yeah. Because following the link and reading the review would never give you a clue, would it?

/smacks head
Posted by Grim..., 14:32, 28th May 2004:
 
Brock - did you read the review?

I did.
Posted by Brock, 14:36, 28th May 2004:
 
I must be cleverer than you then. Because it gave me sufficient information to establish what the 'fuck' the book was about.

:p
Posted by Grim..., 14:42, 28th May 2004:
 
What is it then? Funny? Informative? I can't grasp 'why' for the life of me...
Posted by Sul, 15:03, 28th May 2004:
 
Its funny and a good story. The 'why'? Well the cynical side of me figures it was so he could get a stage show and a book out of it. His excuse is that he got some money to write a novel but got hooked trying to get and meet a chain of 10 googlewhacks for a challenge laid down by his namesake in france.
Posted by donnie, 15:08, 28th May 2004:
 
I liked his first book, but i think it's really sad when people try and copy him.
Posted by WarHead, 16:07, 28th May 2004:
 
Oh fuck.
Posted by WarHead, 16:20, 28th May 2004:
 
I put in balding twat and it just said Brock.

I think I win.
Posted by Brock, 16:49, 28th May 2004:
 
Fuck you, Gepetto.

Not that you've seen wood for quite some time, I'll bet...

;)
Posted by WarHead, 23:03, 28th May 2004:
 
29 minutes to think up that response. Not bad. You're improving.
Posted by Brock, 10:06, 29th May 2004:
 
Snappy, I thought. I won't even go into explaining about the 28 & 1/2 minute meeting I had in the interim.
Posted by Alfie, 17:39, 1st June 2004:
 
I've been there, it has very comfy chairs.
Posted by eatmypiano, 18:11, 1st June 2004:
 
I've always liked "french military victories" and click "I feel lucky".

And a few other funny searches include www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q... and www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q...