Try this before Google fixes it...

[Gunfleet]

1) Go to Google.com;
2) type in (but don't hit return): "weapons of mass destruction";
3) Hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button, instead of the normal "Google
search" button;
4) read what appears to be a normal error message carefully.


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[VicS]

See also "Friday lunch time amusement" further down the page

Its gone now any way

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[Gunfleet]

oh dear... must read more threads NM

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[StugeronSteve]

Nice one! How on earth did you find it?

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[Mirelle]

Thanks!

I really enjoyed that!

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[Jeremy_W]

It was still there 0900 this morning. Brilliant!

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[Gunfleet]

Via an octegenarian uncle! Silver surfers rule, apparently.

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[ecudc]

On the subject of google have you seen some of the languages that google covers.


http://www.google.co.uk/language_tools?hl=en

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[Vid]

Still working!

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[johnsomerhausen]

Re: Thanks!

So did I ! I wonder how long google will let this stay on......
john

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[BrendanS]

Re: Thanks!

Well, it's been doing the rounds for a fair while now, and Google haven't done anything about it yet.

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[johnsomerhausen]

Re: Thanks!

I was told they didn't do anything about it because they did it themselves....
john

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[Heckler]

well and truly hacked

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[BrendanS]

Re: well and truly hacked

Not hacked, it's perfectly legitimate.

The website is www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Google ranks by the number of other websites that link to that website. So the BBC for instance would always rate highly (one of the reasons that Google is not the best search engine to use when looking for obscure information, as it does not rank obscure websites highly)

This particular 404 message page is highly popular, and people everywhere are posting links to it, so it has been ranked the highest of all the websites that Google shows when you type 'weapons mass destruction' as the search criteria.

You can see which sites are linking to it by going to google and typing the following as the search words:

link:www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/



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[l'escargot]

Why woud Google want to do anything about it, they are just a search engine and there is nothing wrong with it. It is just a (funny) webpage and hardly contentious compared with some of the things I am told you can find on the web!

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[Heckler]

Re: well and truly hacked

aaaha
s

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[l'escargot]

Do the same with this....

"french military victories"

and hit the I'm feeling lucky button.

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