Comments on: Given enough eyeballs….. http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/11/19/given-enough-eyeballs/ a blog about information Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:20:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stephen Smoliar http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/11/19/given-enough-eyeballs/comment-page-1/#comment-90050 Stephen Smoliar Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:22:49 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/11/19/given-enough-eyeballs/#comment-90050 I believe that "Google-bombing for a good cause" is oxymoronic. This is probably because I subscribe to the principle that you do not fight fire with fire. All that does is burn up more stuff. Fortunately, it appears that Google is thinking along the same lines: http://news.com.com/2061-10803_3-6153786.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news I'm just not sure they are going to be able to solve a fundamental problem of judgment with better algorithms: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-Mff23hgidqmHGqbcv.lfskakEtS6qLVHUEMFUG4-?cq=1&p=159 I believe that “Google-bombing for a good cause” is oxymoronic. This is probably because I subscribe to the principle that you do not fight fire with fire. All that does is burn up more stuff. Fortunately, it appears that Google is thinking along the same lines:

http://news.com.com/2061-10803_3-6153786.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news

I’m just not sure they are going to be able to solve a fundamental problem of judgment with better algorithms:

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-Mff23hgidqmHGqbcv.lfskakEtS6qLVHUEMFUG4-?cq=1&p=159

]]> By: Google-bombing for a good cause -- Brandon Wood http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/11/19/given-enough-eyeballs/comment-page-1/#comment-89516 Google-bombing for a good cause -- Brandon Wood Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:21:51 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/11/19/given-enough-eyeballs/#comment-89516 [...] Lots of bloggers are writing about how the top search result on Google for “Martin Luther King” is a site run by a racist white-supremacy group. Bloggers of the world unite - there’s nothing like a good, old-fashioned Google-bombing to clean this mess up! [...] [...] Lots of bloggers are writing about how the top search result on Google for “Martin Luther King” is a site run by a racist white-supremacy group. Bloggers of the world unite – there’s nothing like a good, old-fashioned Google-bombing to clean this mess up! [...]

]]> By: NewBlogar » Blog Archive » Martin Luther King (Jr.) http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/11/19/given-enough-eyeballs/comment-page-1/#comment-24505 NewBlogar » Blog Archive » Martin Luther King (Jr.) Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:16:36 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/11/19/given-enough-eyeballs/#comment-24505 [...] If you search for Martin Luther King on Google, you get a site against him as the first result. As an attempt to rid of this, a Googlebomb seems necessary. Thus, links to what probably should be up top. Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King I found this through The Obvious (Who found it through Confused of Calcutta), but check Tuttlle SVC for details. [...] [...] If you search for Martin Luther King on Google, you get a site against him as the first result. As an attempt to rid of this, a Googlebomb seems necessary. Thus, links to what probably should be up top. Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King I found this through The Obvious (Who found it through Confused of Calcutta), but check Tuttlle SVC for details. [...]

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