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title: "Google Blog Clog?"
date: 2003-05-09T08:27:38-04:00
url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2003/05/09/google-blog-clog/
author: Les Orchard
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# Google Blog Clog?

<blockquote cite="http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/20030509.html#095103">...Personally, I'm getting SICK of running into my OWN BLOG while doing research into any of the topics that I've ranted about here. I spend a couple posts talking about a technology with questions or thoughts, then later I go to implement this tech and need specifics and yet 2 or 3 of the top ranks are filled with my annoying blather. Urgh!...</blockquote>
<div class="credit" align="right"><small>Source:<cite><a href="http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/20030509.html#095103">Russell Beattie Notebook: Those who Live by Google...</a></cite></small></div>
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Amen.  More and more, I'm running into myself on Google.  I'll be looking for expert information
on something I'm trying to tinker with, and discover that one of more of the top
search results are me writing about looking for expert information on the thing I'm
trying to tinker with.  Just occasionally do I find myself having actually provided
the information that I'm currently seeking.
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I mean, it's not a gigantic shocker-- my interests are relatively stable over
time, and I circle back to things after long periods of time, so this is to
be expected I suppose.  But I'm starting to feel like I'm in a bad time travel
movie.
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                <a href="#comment-221090810" class="permalink"><time datetime="2003-05-09T09:07:08">2003-05-09T09:07:08</time></a>
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            <div class="content">Same here. :) It's amazing how our own stuff gets around.</div>
            
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                <a href="#comment-221090811" class="permalink"><time datetime="2003-05-09T13:43:30">2003-05-09T13:43:30</time></a>
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            <div class="content">Yup, I've seen this as well, even a few years back.

Maybe they need a -myself flag... ;)</div>
            
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                <a href="#comment-221090812" class="permalink"><time datetime="2003-05-10T00:55:18">2003-05-10T00:55:18</time></a>
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            <div class="content">If you append -inurl:decafbad in your google query that should remove yourself ... at least in this case.

Just read Google Hacks today ... worth the read</div>
            
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                <a href="#comment-221090815" class="permalink"><time datetime="2003-05-13T00:17:29">2003-05-13T00:17:29</time></a>
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            <div class="content">So what's your point - all of you who have this terrible misfortune?  What about all the other people in the world searching google for useful information on those same topics and finding your information which you yourselves don't seem to believe to be useful?   ;)</div>
            
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            <div class="content">Test comment.</div>
            
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            <div class="content">I wish I could say something like that.  Just a little jealous here.  :)</div>
            
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