Google’s crush on me has lessened somewhat – I’m not in the top ten results for ‘morgue’ any more – but it isn’t gone. (It doesn’t leave anonymous love notes in my locker any more, but it still writes ‘google 4 morgue 4 eva’ on the odd toilet wall.)
And a side effect of this is that some of my blog posts turn up really easily for people who might not be so happy about that.
For example, google ‘David Capitanchik’ and results 1 and 2 are posts of mine deriding prime nutbar David Capitanchik for some particularly boneheaded commentary on the risks of terrorism in the UK. (One of them is even entitled Capitanchik suxxor!) The man himself only turns up as result 3. Man, that’s cool. That’s kinda like victory.
My post on Monday about 8 Tribes is fourth on the google results for that search term. Not very complimentary about it, either.
I come 9th on searches for ‘Wellington Bypass’ – for linking to another blogger, as it happens.
So that’s quite nifty. Right now, for stuff at a certain level of obscurity, I can get some wicked Google impact. How can I use this power for good?
And, while I’m wondering, how can I avoid using this power for EVIL? For example, anyone googling ‘ernesto’s wellington’ will get my Ernesto – Disapppointing post first out of the box (and a bit further down if the apostrophe is skipped). That feels kinda bad. I went in there a couple times, and it did disappoint me, but that’s mostly because it’s a restaurant not a cafe. And, a lot of the concerns in that first post have been dealt with, like the table layout. I am misleading teh world! Should I really be feeling guilt about this? Well, probably not, because according to Sitemeter only one person has searched on those words in the last month. But. I guess, with great power, comes great responsibility…
And, er, coming second for searches on ‘childrape’ doesn’t exactly make me comfortable either. But if someone has to search for that term, my carefully-considered post about censorship might as well be what they see…
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Ironically this post is hit number five on google at the moment.
For what search term?
And while I’m commenting, a nice and considered response to the 8 Tribes stuff from Tom Beard can be found here:
http://wellurban.blogspot.com/2007/01/tribes-of-wellington.html
Yup, got “From the Morgue” as #5 when I googled “morgue” as well.
Oh, I’d also note that linking to your own blog in a blog entry will improve your google results everytime. =)
Hi, I’m glad you found my response well-considered!
But as for Ernesto, I think you’re right that it was a bit cold and empty to start with, but the table layout seems a bit better now. I really like it, but then I’m presumably the sort of Evil Yuppie who likes a really good meal and a decent Martini while listening to a live band. I was a bit sad when the old Krazy Lounge departed, but it can gone a long way downhill and that “wacky” ’90s decor was getting a bit tired.
It’s probably relevant to the 8 tribes thread. I was a bit surprised to come out as Cuba St (marginally) over Grey Lynn, but then I think they’re including the “new” Cuba St as well as the “old”. That is, I’m more into Floriditas, Matterhorn and Mandatory than Midnight Espresso, SFBH and op-shop. Ernesto is definitely much more “new” Cuba, which might explain some people’s distaste for it, but I still think it’s a damned fine example of the current trend to blurring distinctions beteen bars, cafes and restaurants.
It was your comment that the 8 Tribes thing is about ‘values and aspirations’ that showed me the whole thing in a new light, actually.
“The current trend to blurring distinctions beteen bars, cafes and restaurants.”
The only problem I have with this trend is that it takes away from my stockpile of unblurred cafes where I can nurse a latte and write. 🙂
“The only problem I have with this trend is that it takes away from my stockpile of unblurred cafes where I can nurse a latte and write.”
If it’s not possible to do that, then I wouldn’t count it as a “cafe” at all. I’m pretty sure that the folks at Ernesto would be quite happy with you doing that, and I’ve done it several times at Matterhorn. Now if only they had WiFi…
Tom: point taken. I guess it’s just an irrational thing. The ‘unblurred’ is important to my sense of comfort, apparently. 🙂
And for the record, I wish Ernesto’s all the best. The Havana crowd are a force for good in Wellington, as far as I can tell.