All of us use Google search technology all the time these days, even if we're not aware of it. It even powers the search engine on the Fanfic Archive. And I bet many of you have lain sleepless at night, wondering just how it manages to put those incredible results together, so fast. I know I have.

Well, boys and girls, wonder no more. I've found the answer at last, and I'd like to share it with you at no cost (though contributions to my "indigent yet bizarre" retirement fund are always welcome.) Just go to http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html to find the astonishing answers, straight from the horse's... uh, pigeon's beak. Bill. Coo? Um, whatever.

Mere

Aha, aha, aha, I only understood half of it but who cares.
One of things I `understood`was PigeonRank™...woooooooooooo`????? Niceee name

That site -- and some of the faked links! -- is just great. Someone put a lot of time into this!

Fascinating.

Where did you find this, Mere?

PJ

lol, mere! thanks for sharing! i probably missed some good jokes, but i got the bits about PCs and linux, among others. so, who knew google was run by hunt-and-peck typists?

wonder when a competing turkey-based engine will pop up. the "gobble" search engine.

Paul

yeah, this was really funny!

Thanks for sharing it with us!

You're welcome. I thought you might enjoy it... some things are waaay too good not to share.

Oh, the usual way, Pam - URL in my mailbox, with a long list of forwarders. (No, I didn't Google for it, if that's what you were thinking. )

Mere