# What can you google for and NOT find a Wikipedia link in the first page? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498 "2006-10-06T14:22:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/1 "2006-10-06T14:22:16Z")
I’m not quite sure where this goes, so move at will. Recently I’ve noticed that nearly everything I google for throws up a Wikipedia link in the first page - often in the first two or three links. What **one-word noun search** can you find that doesn’t have a Wikipedia article? ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/2 "2006-10-06T14:26:45Z")
Incidentally, common first names are excluded for the purposes of this game. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/3 "2006-10-06T14:29:14Z")
A search for ‘music’ doesn’t show a Wikipedia entry for me. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/4 "2006-10-06T14:32:02Z")
second from bottom is the best i’ve managed so far. Hard game. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/5 "2006-10-06T14:34:08Z")
found one. Oneger ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/6 "2006-10-06T14:51:58Z")
Igniter ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/7 "2006-10-06T14:53:38Z")
Gargle. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/8 "2006-10-06T14:58:50Z")
flashlight ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/9 "2006-10-06T15:00:14Z")
Zugswang doesn’t have an Wikipedia entry in the first 50 responses. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/10 "2006-10-06T15:00:56Z")
Lupulin! ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/11 "2006-10-06T15:02:14Z")
Dunderhead. Wiki shows up 13th… The entry is for Maurice Clarett. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/12 "2006-10-06T15:05:32Z")
Carols for a Cure–Annual Holiday CDS that have been released by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS every year since 1999. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/13 "2006-10-06T15:40:31Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Carols for a Cure–Annual Holiday CDS that have been released by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS every year since 1999. [/QUOTE] That’s not one word. The word “nation” doesn’t show up until twelfth. I was sure “tits” would work but the Wiki entry for the Great Tit (it’s a western European bird) came up tenth. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/14 "2006-10-06T15:57:31Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] Dunderhead. Wiki shows up 13th… The entry is for Maurice Clarett. [/QUOTE] \ Classic. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/15 "2006-10-06T16:04:59Z")
[QUOTE=Lsura] flashlight [/QUOTE] [You sure?](http://www.google.com/search?q=flashlight) > [@Ethilrist](#): > > Gargle. [Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster and Gargling](http://www.google.com/search?q=gargle) > [@One And Only Wanderers](#): > > found one. Oneger What’s an Oneger? Unless you’re referring to an [onager](http://www.google.com/search?q=onager), in which case both the horse and the siege weapon show up on page 1. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/16 "2006-10-06T16:10:23Z")
[QUOTE=Dervorin] [You sure?](http://www.google.com/search?q=flashlight) [/QUOTE] Yes, I am. From searching the page, wiki and wikipedia shows up nowhere in my results or in your link - at least on the first page. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/17 "2006-10-06T16:12:50Z")
[QUOTE=Lsura] Yes, I am. From searching the page, wiki and wikipedia shows up nowhere in my results or in your link - at least on the first page. [/QUOTE] That should have read “wiki **or** wikipedia” . ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/18 "2006-10-06T16:37:46Z")
[QUOTE=Lsura] Yes, I am. From searching the page, wiki and wikipedia shows up nowhere in my results or in your link - at least on the first page. [/QUOTE] That’s odd. I get Wiki as the 8th result on that link. Perhaps it’s filtering by country? Who can fathom the mind of Google? ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/19 "2006-10-06T18:22:55Z")
parathyroidectomy ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/20 "2006-10-06T18:26:19Z")
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