Comments on: Mysteries of the World Wide Web http://paulgazis.com/blog/2010/01/16/mysteries-of-the-world-wide-web/ News about the Flying Cloud and Interesting Things Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:36:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://paulgazis.com/blog/2010/01/16/mysteries-of-the-world-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Andrew Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:22:05 +0000 http://paulgazis.com/blog/?p=322#comment-204 OK, I admit it. My claim that "maiden" is archaic was based on... well, not much, I guess. I'm trying to improve my skills in the area of sounding like I know what I'm talking about while really just making stuff up -- since that skill has proven so amply remunerative for Rush Limbaugh and others of that ilk... notice how I deftly turned the conversation from island maidens to bloated gasbags, er, I mean airships... perhaps I should leave this thread now... Anyway there's nowhere online I'd rather go to find island maidens, so props to Google for getting it right :) OK, I admit it. My claim that “maiden” is archaic was based on… well, not much, I guess. I’m trying to improve my skills in the area of sounding like I know what I’m talking about while really just making stuff up — since that skill has proven so amply remunerative for Rush Limbaugh and others of that ilk… notice how I deftly turned the conversation from island maidens to bloated gasbags, er, I mean airships… perhaps I should leave this thread now…

Anyway there’s nowhere online I’d rather go to find island maidens, so props to Google for getting it right :)

]]> By: Paul http://paulgazis.com/blog/2010/01/16/mysteries-of-the-world-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Paul Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:08:57 +0000 http://paulgazis.com/blog/?p=322#comment-199 Is it really that archaic? I just checked, and 'Maiden' gets 35 million hits on Google while 'Virgin' gets 157 million. That's less that a factor of five difference, and much of this is because of 'Virgin Airways', the 'Virgin Islands', and Western naming traditions for churches and schools. 'Sultry' and 'Airships' are both way down there. I'd be tempted to try 'sultry virgins' or 'virgin airships', but my last experiment with wildly inappropriate word combinations produced such unnerving results that I remember them with a mixture of amazement and fear :) Is it really that archaic? I just checked, and ‘Maiden’ gets 35 million hits on Google while ‘Virgin’ gets 157 million. That’s less that a factor of five difference, and much of this is because of ‘Virgin Airways’, the ‘Virgin Islands’, and Western naming traditions for churches and schools.

‘Sultry’ and ‘Airships’ are both way down there. I’d be tempted to try ’sultry virgins’ or ‘virgin airships’, but my last experiment with wildly inappropriate word combinations produced such unnerving results that I remember them with a mixture of amazement and fear :)

]]> By: Andrew http://paulgazis.com/blog/2010/01/16/mysteries-of-the-world-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Andrew Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:21:26 +0000 http://paulgazis.com/blog/?p=322#comment-198 I bet if you tried "island virgins" the results would be quite different... whaddaya mean you already tried that? Shocked! I'm truly shocked! Ahem, my point is, the term "maiden" is archaic, and therefore rare. See also "sultry" and for that matter "airship"... I bet if you tried “island virgins” the results would be quite different… whaddaya mean you already tried that? Shocked! I’m truly shocked!

Ahem, my point is, the term “maiden” is archaic, and therefore rare. See also “sultry” and for that matter “airship”…

]]> By: Paul http://paulgazis.com/blog/2010/01/16/mysteries-of-the-world-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Paul Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:18:45 +0000 http://paulgazis.com/blog/?p=322#comment-164 'Pearl smugglers'? I never thought of that! And it comes up in first place on Google US if I enclose it in quotes. A great discovery! ‘Pearl smugglers’? I never thought of that! And it comes up in first place on Google US if I enclose it in quotes. A great discovery!

]]> By: TimmyC http://paulgazis.com/blog/2010/01/16/mysteries-of-the-world-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-159 TimmyC Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:20:03 +0000 http://paulgazis.com/blog/?p=322#comment-159 "pearl smugglers" get you in second place ;) http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&rlz=1C1CHMB_enCA304CA304&q=pearl+smugglers&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq= "routine flight ops" get you in second-and-a-half place, also! http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&rlz=1C1CHMB_enCA304CA304&q=routine+flight+ops&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq= “pearl smugglers” get you in second place ;)
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&rlz=1C1CHMB_enCA304CA304&q=pearl+smugglers&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=

“routine flight ops” get you in second-and-a-half place, also!
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&rlz=1C1CHMB_enCA304CA304&q=routine+flight+ops&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=

]]> By: Paul http://paulgazis.com/blog/2010/01/16/mysteries-of-the-world-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Paul Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:20:18 +0000 http://paulgazis.com/blog/?p=322#comment-115 Sultry Airships? Ye gods! That one's going to be hard to beat! I'm tempted to turn this into an ongoing challenge -- rather like the <em>Precocious Animated Ducks Award<em> -- for the Sultry Airships Trophy :) Sultry Airships? Ye gods! That one’s going to be hard to beat! I’m tempted to turn this into an ongoing challenge — rather like the Precocious Animated Ducks Award — for the Sultry Airships Trophy :)

]]> By: Kona http://paulgazis.com/blog/2010/01/16/mysteries-of-the-world-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Kona Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:06:14 +0000 http://paulgazis.com/blog/?p=322#comment-114 I haven’t found any other tags that follow the wormhole to the top of Google, but I was dismayed to learn that typing in “Flying Cloud” does NOT find the site in three pages! It wasn’t until I added “airship” to the text string that I hit the jackpot. With “sultry airships” and “island maidens” scoring so high, Google must imagine you have a porn site or something. What next, “Flying Cloud” Rule 34 fan art? I haven’t found any other tags that follow the wormhole to the top of Google, but I was dismayed to learn that typing in “Flying Cloud” does NOT find the site in three pages! It wasn’t until I added “airship” to the text string that I hit the jackpot.

With “sultry airships” and “island maidens” scoring so high, Google must imagine you have a porn site or something. What next, “Flying Cloud” Rule 34 fan art?

]]> By: Robert Plamondon http://paulgazis.com/blog/2010/01/16/mysteries-of-the-world-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Robert Plamondon Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:20:43 +0000 http://paulgazis.com/blog/?p=322#comment-113 You're also #1 on "sultry airships!" You’re also #1 on “sultry airships!”

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