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Overture keyword 'google' - yeah, right!

how can this be...?

         

2oddSox

10:38 am on Apr 11, 2003 (gmt 0)

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So I use the Overture keyword tool and, just for the Hell of it, type in 'google'.

Fair enough, up come 10236003 instances of 'Google'. That I can believe.

But #2 on the list is 'ad family google hagrid monitor query safe show' at a staggering 437951 hits.

Typing that query into Google gets 68 results, with one being an exact match.

What's the story here? Is someone trying to manipulate the results, or are the Overture results bunkum? And if this has been spotted, and discussed before, my apologies.

Regds,

2odd...

Brett_Tabke

10:40 am on Apr 11, 2003 (gmt 0)

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You'll find weird stuff like that if you use the suggestion tool long enough. It usually means that it is either a bug, or someone has run a bot against that keyword on an overture engine.

2oddSox

10:47 am on Apr 11, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



**gulp**

A reply from 'the man himself' after just 2 minutes.

**humbly backing out of the room, muttering thanks....**

;)

2odd...