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Egyptian Repairman Outranks Google

Posted by samzenpus on from the seo-god dept.

wired_parrot writes: An Egyptian repairman found unexpected fame when typing google into Google within Egypt turned up his name instead. The unassuming repairman managed to unexpectedly outrank Google in search results, a finding that surprised even him, who was unaware of his high search ranking when contacted.

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  1. WTF? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    An Egyptian repairman found unexpected fame when typing google into Google within Egypt turned up his name instead. The unassuming repairman managed to unexpectedly outrank Google in search results, a finding that surprised even him, who was unaware of his high search ranking when contacted.

    WTF does this even mean? Did he find that he outranked Google? Why was he surprised when someone contacted him if he typed in google in to Google in Egypt. And what is typing in google in Google? Do you fucking mean, "google" into Google?

    Holy fucking shit, wired_parrot, are you in third grade? Are the editors from Detroit schools?

    This is a complete English Fail, Communication Fail, and Cogency Fail.

  2. Re:who googles google? by OzPeter · · Score: 2

    I mostly type "google translate" into the address bar of my browser, because its easier to do that than it is for me to remember (and correctly type) translate.google.com

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  3. Re:who googles google? by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 2

    This is a general rule in natural languages. The shortest, most commonly used words have the most meanings, and the most irregular verb in any language is the verb of being.

  4. Re:who googles google? by afgam28 · · Score: 2

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  5. What? by StikyPad · · Score: 5, Funny

    A finding that surprised even him? Who wouldn't be surprised in that scenario? Maybe Kim Kardashian, and that's the entire list.

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    1. Re:What? by bondsbw · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm pretty sure her husband would be surprised.

      "Yo Google, I’m really happy for you, Imma let you finish but Bing had one of the best search rankings of all time!"

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  6. Re:who googles google? by ezakimak · · Score: 2

    For that matter, look up "etc."

    Does anyone know the origin of /etc/ ?
    Arguably the most important directory on a *nix computer, yet who remembers why/how it got that name?

  7. Free marketing by penguinoid · · Score: 2

    Google accidentally makes the headlines.

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  8. Even More:Obligatory.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEwW6D0sht0

  9. google.com.eg was his google+ page by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In his google+ profile he seems to have entered google.co.eg as his website. Somehow that propelled him ahead of google.co.eg itself! Who said Google+ is useless or dead? Or is it some sinister move by the !evil company to create a "wave" for its google+ product?

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