WMD (nb)

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1. go to Google.co.uk
2. type in WMD - don't hit return
3. Hit "I'm feeling lucky"
4. read the error message carefully

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oh dear....

i have found google very useful, now the CIA will be shutting it down.



p.s. where will the WMD be moved to next when bush invades syria?

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Very good. The "feeling lucky" button just takes you to the top site in the search list which in this instance is a page made to look like a browser error page, they must pay Google to be at the top of the search.

No harm being done though.

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No, you cannot pay google to be first. Google ranks sites by the number of times that other sites link to that site. This site has been linked to by hundreds of thousands of forums, bloggers etc, so rises to the top. This is known as Google bombing, whereby a concerted campaign by bloggers can elevate a site to number one position

more about it here <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,994676,00.html>http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,994676,00.html</A> and lots more on the effect if you type google bomb into google

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depends on whether you put quotes around the three words. If you do, you'll force it to look for that exact phrase. If you don't it'll just search for sites with bomb and google in the text, the additional bomb is irrelevant.......well you did ask!! :)

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Go to google and type miserable failure and look at the first organic link you find!

Have a nice day!

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Re: CAUTION

whoops - sorry. I just thought it was amusing! (Ignorance is bliss). I didn't get a security warning - I use mozilla as a browser.

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