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Finding New Words

Posted by Grant Barrett on September 8, 2012 · Add Comment

Hyperpolyglots

Posted by Grant Barrett on June 30, 2012 · Add Comment

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Google Search-Completion Puzzle

Posted by Grant Barrett on May 19, 2012 · Add Comment

Our Quiz Guy Greg Pliska has a game based on Google searches, or at least what Google thinks you’re searching. For example, what do Elmo, pink, and plant all have in common? Google suggests them, in that order, after you’ve entered the words “tickle me.” This is part of a complete episode.
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anti-phrasing

Posted by Grant Barrett on May 25, 2009 · Add Comment

anti-phrasing n.— «Wolfram Alpha works in the same way as Graffiti did: As Steven Wolfram says in his talk at the Berkman Center, people start out writing natural language but pretty quickly trim it down to just the key concepts (a process known in search technology circles as “anti-phrasing.”) In other words, by dint of patience [...]
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bikepacking

Posted by Grant Barrett on May 15, 2009 · Add Comment

bikepacking n.— «We are “bikepacking” to the East Coast and back to California, using solar-powered electronics and several different styles of leg-powered bicycles.» —“A Bikepacking Journey In Search Of Sustainability” by Darren Alff Bicycle Touring Pro May 14, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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Google slap

Posted by Grant Barrett on September 30, 2008 · Add Comment

Google slap n.— «When your ranking drops, 90% of the time it’s because of a SE changing it’s methodolgy for ranking sites. They are doing this because they believe it is in the best interests of their users. Some people refer to this as moving the goal posts, others refer to it as a “Google slap.”» —“Search [...]
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