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XKCD Inadvertently Causes Googlebomb

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the first-rule-of-googlebombs-is-don't-talk-about-googlebombs dept.

MrCopilot writes "As I noted yesterday (and was joined by many others)... in an offhand observation xkcd has singlehandedly changed a small section of the Internet. Changing the results from a Google search for "Died in a Blogging Accident" from 2 to (at this writing) over 7,170 in a little more than 24 hours." If you aren't reading xkcd, you're missing out.

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  1. I just wonder where my xkcd T-shirts are. by eddy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ordered 2007-11-17, said to be shipped by 2007-11-30. Still haven't seen a sign of them.

    Typically when I order from something like amazon or thinkgeek or jinx it takes two weeks, tops.

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    Belief is the currency of delusion.
  2. Re:That's no bomb by Gloy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Exactly. I'm not sure about "inadvertantly", either; seeing what happens to the search term over time is part of the fun of that comic and was almost certainly intentional. About the only part of the headline that makes sense is "xkcd"...