# Google "failure" and see what you get

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-failure-and-see-what-you-get/321970>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 16, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-failure-and-see-what-you-get/321970 "2005-09-16T14:49:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-failure-and-see-what-you-get/321970/1 "2005-09-16T14:49:04Z")

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Do a Google search on the word “failure” and see what comes up.

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**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-failure-and-see-what-you-get/321970/2 "2005-09-16T14:50:46Z")

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Methinks the Googlets are playin’

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-failure-and-see-what-you-get/321970/3 "2005-09-16T15:05:27Z")

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Google-bombing!

Full story at eleven, tune in to Straight Dope News Channel…

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-failure-and-see-what-you-get/321970/4 "2005-09-16T15:32:15Z")

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How does this kind of thing happen? Funny, yes. But is it done by people at Google?

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-failure-and-see-what-you-get/321970/5 "2005-09-16T15:37:02Z")

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We already did this in [General Questions](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=334932).

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-failure-and-see-what-you-get/321970/6 "2005-09-16T15:45:55Z")

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Ah, thanks.

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**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-failure-and-see-what-you-get/321970/7 "2005-09-16T15:49:46Z")

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The number 1 response has been up there for quite some time. The second one is a new one on me though. And I think there’s some irony in both of those sites getting google-bombed with the same phrase.

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**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-failure-and-see-what-you-get/321970/8 "2005-09-16T21:36:02Z")

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Boy, I didn’t see _that_ one coming. :rolleyes: