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Using Google to Calculate Web Decay

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bit-rot-quantified dept.

scottennis writes: "Google has yet another application: measuring the rate of decay of information on the web. By plotting the number of results at 3,6, and 12 months for a series of phrases, this study claims to have uncovered a corresponding 60-70-80 percent decay rate. Essentially, 60% of the web changes every 3 months." You may be amused by some of the phrases he notes as exceptional, too.

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  1. Well, by popeyethesailor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To arrest that decay rate, here's my contribution.

    Bill Gates SUCKS
    Bill Gates SUCKS
    Bill Gates SUCKS !!
    BASE BASE BASE
    BASE BASE BASE
    BASE BASE BASE
    Late at Night
    Late at Night
    Late at Night
    life's short play hard
    life's short play hard
    life's short play hard
    blessed are the cheese makers
    blessed are the cheese makers
    blessed are the cheese makers

    I request all members of the forum to link this post in all the websites you could access, and post this message too :)

  2. Eternity by tanveer1979 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    bill gates sucks

    He used to suck, sucks and will suck forever. this phrase is eternity and wil be there till forever. Googles will come and go, the net will decay and do radioactiavity but the eternal truth will remain forever --
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  3. Re:baseline by foniksonik · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Personally I'd be interested in seeing what the numbers are on interpretations of that phrase (never to be uttered again) might be. Was it in reference to a database hack (frontbase) or something more carnal?

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    A fool throws a stone into a well and a thousand sages can not remove it.
  4. Re:Google/CowboyNeal Study by maccallr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Here's the graph, kind-of... CowboyNeal's balanced diet. But I guess it's really just another blatant plug... :-)

  5. Re:Study claims ?? by echucker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mod parent up. It's probably one of the most telling replies so far. That being said, I'd bet that pure hits for a phrase mean absolutely nothing. "Life is short, play hard" is a corporate motto. This should be static just by its very nature. Unless you check the FULL CONTENT of each and every page, you won't be able to tell how much a site has really changed.

  6. Haiku by Darth+Paul · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Indeed life is short
    Gone are the cheesemakers, but
    Bill gates always sucks

  7. Re:baseline by colmore · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    it was in reference to a very badly translated video game.

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  8. Re:Google Study in Another Place by camelrider · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thank you!