Comments on: Who died in a blogging accident? http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/ ...or .NET and other stuff that wouldn't fit into Mike's day job. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:47:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: superhobo http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-32546 superhobo Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:24:17 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-32546 I'm getting 1,310,000 results now...damn. I’m getting 1,310,000 results now…damn.

]]> By: MikeBrownnutt http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-26262 MikeBrownnutt Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:21:55 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-26262 it's recieved somewhat less coverage than blogging, but the statistics for dying in a knitting accident as a function of time also make interesting reading. ("interesting" if you are that way inclined.) listing the hits returned for different ways to die, as found on 14th Jan, and again on 18th feb gives: Skydiving 1020 1350 Elevator 659 295 Surfing 524 614 Skateboarding 510 563 Camping 192 182 Gardening 190 179 Ice skating 94 131 Knitting 1890 639 Blogging 18800 48600 all methods of death return reference to xkcd in the top three results. some people you just have to take your hat off to. it’s recieved somewhat less coverage than blogging, but the statistics for dying in a knitting accident as a function of time also make interesting reading. (”interesting” if you are that way inclined.)
listing the hits returned for different ways to die, as found on 14th Jan, and again on 18th feb gives:
Skydiving 1020 1350
Elevator 659 295
Surfing 524 614
Skateboarding 510 563
Camping 192 182
Gardening 190 179
Ice skating 94 131
Knitting 1890 639
Blogging 18800 48600

all methods of death return reference to xkcd in the top three results. some people you just have to take your hat off to.

]]> By: gadiv http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24988 gadiv Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:09:07 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24988 I wonder how long it will be before Randall makes a comic about the comic snowballing in Google hits like that. Maybe once it eclipses "died in an automobile accident" hits? At the time of this post, the search returns over 56,900 hits, so there's not much farther to go.... I wonder how long it will be before Randall makes a comic about the comic snowballing in Google hits like that. Maybe once it eclipses “died in an automobile accident” hits?

At the time of this post, the search returns over 56,900 hits, so there’s not much farther to go….

]]> By: MikeFitz http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24973 MikeFitz Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:09:49 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24973 G'day Archie. Thanks, mate. Hi Jakuriku, I suppose the only person who can answer that is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Munroe" rel="nofollow">Randall Munroe</a>, but I'm guessing that it was pretty close to 2. Welcome Rachel, Yes, the number goes up, the number goes down. It seems there are three forces at work here: 1 Clowns like me, MrCopilot and now Archie, create blog posts containing the phrase "died in a blogging accident", the number goes up. 2 Spambots recognise the activity and start creating even more spam blog posts containing the phrase, the number goes up some more. 3 Google cleverly recognises these spam blog posts and eliminates them from its search results, the number goes down again. G’day Archie. Thanks, mate.

Hi Jakuriku, I suppose the only person who can answer that is Randall Munroe, but I’m guessing that it was pretty close to 2.

Welcome Rachel, Yes, the number goes up, the number goes down.

It seems there are three forces at work here:
1 Clowns like me, MrCopilot and now Archie, create blog posts containing the phrase “died in a blogging accident”, the number goes up.
2 Spambots recognise the activity and start creating even more spam blog posts containing the phrase, the number goes up some more.
3 Google cleverly recognises these spam blog posts and eliminates them from its search results, the number goes down again.

]]> By: Rachel Titley http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24970 Rachel Titley Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:10:00 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24970 On the 21st January, it's dropped to only 155,000 results. On the 21st January, it’s dropped to only 155,000 results.

]]> By: Jakuriku http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24861 Jakuriku Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:45:09 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24861 It is now 11:40 on the 17th of January 2008 and there is 296,000 findings for "died in a blogging accident". I find it fascinating how much one web page out of the millions out there can change the internet so drastically. I'd love to know what the original findings for the search were before the comic came out. It is now 11:40 on the 17th of January 2008 and there is 296,000 findings for “died in a blogging accident”. I find it fascinating how much one web page out of the millions out there can change the internet so drastically. I’d love to know what the original findings for the search were before the comic came out.

]]> By: archiearchive http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24848 archiearchive Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:18:12 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24848 Hmmm - I'm a week late (as usual) and the count is now up to 297,000 pages. Mr Co-pilot is #3 on the Google list and you are #4 - well done. Now I'm off to make it 297001 :) Hmmm - I’m a week late (as usual) and the count is now up to 297,000 pages. Mr Co-pilot is #3 on the Google list and you are #4 - well done. Now I’m off to make it 297001 :)

]]> By: MikeFitz http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24747 MikeFitz Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:40:13 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24747 Hi Steph, It's just geeks having fun. Some little boys poke reptiles with a stick to see what sort of reaction they get; Randall Munroe, talented author of the xkcd cartoon, poked the blogosphere with an intriguing Google search phrase. Same thing. Hi Steph, It’s just geeks having fun. Some little boys poke reptiles with a stick to see what sort of reaction they get; Randall Munroe, talented author of the xkcd cartoon, poked the blogosphere with an intriguing Google search phrase. Same thing.

]]> By: steph http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24720 steph Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:00:16 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24720 I have no idea what this means. I have no idea what this means.

]]> By: MrCopilot http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24684 MrCopilot Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:53:00 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2008/01/12/who-died-in-a-blogging-accident/#comment-24684 Mike, I really was just trying to make a casual observation, but it seems that I am not the only reader of Google trends, if you search again and page through a few results you'll see all kinds of spam bots and others trying to take a advantage of the traffic. Also not the only reader of XKCD, I was not the only blogger who titled a post with that name. After my initial post, I received an abnormally high # of Google search traffic hits for the title. I found this all the funnier. After 12Hrs the numbers of results had skyrocketed and I thought it newsworthy beyond my little corner of the net, it was posted to the Firehose at Slashdot this morning and they liked it enough to put it on the frontpage and you know how that goes. Since my post contains a link to Googles search, I caused even more traffic. As for my comments, I alway thank a blogger who links me. That clear up the mystery? All very good for Xkcd. He deserves the recognition, his comics are brilliant. I hope he sold a few thousand T-shirts. I'm putting in my order for this one on Friday. Mike,

I really was just trying to make a casual observation, but it seems that I am not the only reader of Google trends, if you search again and page through a few results you’ll see all kinds of spam bots and others trying to take a advantage of the traffic. Also not the only reader of XKCD, I was not the only blogger who titled a post with that name. After my initial post, I received an abnormally high # of Google search traffic hits for the title. I found this all the funnier. After 12Hrs the numbers of results had skyrocketed and I thought it newsworthy beyond my little corner of the net, it was posted to the Firehose at Slashdot this morning and they liked it enough to put it on the frontpage and you know how that goes. Since my post contains a link to Googles search, I caused even more traffic. As for my comments, I alway thank a blogger who links me.

That clear up the mystery?

All very good for Xkcd. He deserves the recognition, his comics are brilliant. I hope he sold a few thousand T-shirts. I’m putting in my order for this one on Friday.

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