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                    Google, I think we need a little talk …
                                        
So I came across “What Colour are your bits? [1]” for the n^th time, and I
thought I might link to it, but I want to make sure I haven't linked to it
before. So I do what I usually do and try a Google search [2]. Nothing comes
up. But hold on—it's “colour,” not “color” so let me try that [3] and even
less comes up.

By now, I'm sure I have linked to that article before. A somewhat-quick-but-­
not-entirely-quick search locally on my server revealed that yes, I did link
to that article [4].

Okay Google [5], what gives? You index everything pretty much
instantaneously. I use you pretty much all the time to search my blog [6].
And you can't find a single entry with an exact phrase? Are you just having a
bad day?

And now I'm curious—what if I tried … oh … I don't know … **BING [7]?**

Well, I didn't expect this [8]—first result, exactly what I wanted to find.
Well, Google?

[1] http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23
[2] https://www.google.com/search?q=color+bits+site:boston.conman.org
[3] https://www.google.com/search?q=colour+bits+site:boston.conman.org
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2012/01/18.3
[5] https://www.google.com/
[6] https://boston.conman.org/
[7] http://bing.com/
[8] http://www.bing.com/search?q=color+bits+site%3Aboston.conman.org

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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