# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/41 "2018-05-04T05:05:55Z")
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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/42 "2018-05-04T05:09:58Z")
Make a note of that word, and give it to Susan! ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/43 "2018-05-04T08:25:10Z")
One word, yet reflecting an interesting topic, is hard. Can we include terms of art? If so, “propensity to fly” (a concept in civil aviation economics) doesn’t show a Wikipedia entry on my first page. ETA: dammit! Usually I know when I’m answering a zombie thread, but not this time. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/44 "2018-05-04T09:10:22Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > One word, yet reflecting an interesting topic, is hard. It’s as if you need both unimportance and obviosity. (I think “unimportance” and “obviosity” both work.) ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/45 "2018-05-04T10:15:13Z")
I don’t know if it counts as an interesting topic, but… land ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/46 "2018-05-04T10:24:04Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > ```auto > > clap > clap clap > clap clap > clap clap > clap clap > clap clap > clap clap > clap clap > clap > > ``` > > A [del]diamond[/del] round of applause for both a zombie alert & answering the question all in one. Bravo! In all fairness, the re-animator of the thread acknowledged that it is a zombie, and purposely revived it to help demonstrate his point. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/47 "2018-05-04T10:25:16Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > ```auto > > clap > clap clap > clap clap > clap clap > clap clap > clap clap > clap clap > clap clap > clap > > ``` > > A [del]diamond[/del] round of applause for both a zombie alert & answering the question all in one. Bravo! In all fairness, the re-animator of the thread acknowledged that it is a zombie, and purposely revived it to help demonstrate his point. ETA: he just didn’t use the word ‘zombie’ ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/48 "2018-05-04T10:43:32Z")
I’ve searched for foods and come up with nothing but recipes on the first page. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/49 "2018-05-04T13:20:30Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Zugswang doesn’t have an Wikipedia entry in the first 50 responses. 🙂 What about [zugzwang](https://www.google.com/search?q=zugzwang)? ---
**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:** [May 4, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498/50 "2018-05-04T15:30:30Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Zombie. > > No really, a Google search for “zombie” returns a Wikipedia pointer to the Cranberries song, but not to the noun (and hence, the basic definition). > > This has nothing whatsoever to do with resurrecting a 11 1/2-year-old thread. At all. :rolleyes: I could have started a new one, but I thought to myself, “does this board really need _two_ threads about things whose Wikipedia links don’t show up on the first page?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-google-for-and-not-find-a-wikipedia-link-in-the-first-page/375498.md?page=2)