{"id":3945,"date":"2005-07-06T14:54:27","date_gmt":"2005-07-06T18:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/tisk-pt-3\/"},"modified":"2005-07-06T14:54:27","modified_gmt":"2005-07-06T18:54:27","slug":"tisk-pt-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/tisk-pt-3\/","title":{"rendered":"TISK! pt. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TISK! <\/FONT>pt. 1<\/EM><\/FONT><\/STRONG> can be found <\/EM><\/FONT>here<\/A><\/EM><\/FONT>.<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV>
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Either as f\/k\/a<\/EM> or ethicalEsq, <\/EM>this weblog shows up remarkably often at or near the top of the results of search-engine queries.  Here are some instances that I found interesting, odd, or otherwise worthy of comment — usually because they were so inadvertent, or because they demonstrate how a little weblog (with a few links from its friends, but without using “search engine optimization” tricks) can get its perspective, pet peeves and crusades in a position to be read by enquiring minds across the planet.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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federal power and<\/EM> marijuana to the 1999 flick “Dick<\/FONT><\/A>,” with the 17-<\/DIV>
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who befriend the Trickster, Pres. Richard Nixon.  The post included <\/DIV>
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f\/k\/a<\/EM> post “<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A>gas pain?”<\/FONT><\/A>   Sadly, they won’t get much <\/FONT><\/FONT>relief there, unless <\/EM>they’re <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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about the Texas Cookie Monster and the neighborly teens:<\/DIV>
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<everything is eliminated movie<\/EM>>  #1 of 1,390,000 results in this Google query was our post<\/A> <\/DIV>
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haiku about a blind date, but dagosan<\/EM> did, and it garnered the #1 spot, out of <\/DIV>
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51,000 results in a Google Search.  Our post a Google blind date<\/FONT><\/A> was the 2nd <\/DIV>
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Xavier University webserver in New Orleans — I shall search “blind date” and <\/DIV>
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Shakespeare. He was adept with words as well. Adept does not do it justice. <\/DIV>
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<happiest lawyers<\/STRONG><\/EM>> The #1 result out of 150,000 in this Google Search was our post Globe Probe of Lawyer Angst<\/FONT><\/A> (August 18, 2003).  We were recently the #4 result for “unhappy lawyers.”  Draw<\/DIV>
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<‘ceiling fan’ turns on “by itself”<\/EM><\/STRONG>>  This #1 result (out of 512) in a Google Search is surely “inadvertent.”  It is thanks to this haiku from Michael Dylan Welch<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>:  <\/DIV>
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<Antitrust law protects competition not competitors<\/STRONG><\/EM>> One of our posts on antitrust and the boycotts by Massachusetts’ bar advocates, was the 3rd result in the Google search, behind two from the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Our friends at the American Antitrust Institute did not show up until #41.  Another amazing search engine result for a tiny (but, apparently well-connected — thank you) weblog.  <\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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<typical diet of a sumo wrestler<\/STRONG><\/EM>>  We inadvertently garnered the #2 <\/FONT>slot in this Google search — out of nearly 6000 results — thanks to a post<\/A> <\/FONT>about the “typical diet” of billable hours for young associates and an <\/FONT>Issa poem mentioning a sumo wrestler.   Our link was sandwiched in <\/FONT>between a <\/FONT>USAToday<\/EM> article<\/FONT><\/A> about the health woes of retired, less-active <\/FONT>sumo wrestlers (e.g<\/EM>., Haiwaiian-born sumo legend Konishiki used to wrestle <\/FONT>at 665 pounds, but now wants to get down to 400 pounds), and a more <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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<judge urinate nyc<\/STRONG><\/EM>>  Our discussion of potty parity<\/A> laws in the Big Apple scored the #1 spot, out of 25,000 results, in this Google search.<\/DIV>
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<perception of expertise<\/STRONG><\/EM>> #1 of over 3.5 million results in this Yahoo! Search was Selling the Perception of Expertise<\/FONT><\/A>, in which I continued<\/FONT><\/A> my debate with Kevin O’Keefe<\/FONT><\/A> over the “turnkey” <\/DIV>
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<armenian appreciation day<\/STRONG><\/EM>>  We garnered the #1 result out of 55,000 from this Google query, with our post the doogle made me do it<\/FONT><\/A>, which explained that there is no Lawyer Appreciation Day, despite many other groups being so honored.  April 3rd honors Armenians.  Another query today for <Trail Mix Day, August 31st>, pointed to the same post as the 6th result out of 44,900.<\/DIV>
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<ipod caste<\/STRONG><\/EM>> This Google search gave our post podriahs — blissfully outside the pod-caste system<\/FONT><\/A> the #2 slot out of 9150 results.  With the internet, a bad pun is forever.  <\/DIV>
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<take one-third<\/STRONG><\/EM>>  Our post It’s Not Unusual (to take one-third)<\/FONT><\/A> — about the standard contingency fee, of course — was the second result out of 207 million in the Yahoo! Search.  The #1 result<\/A> was an arithmetic lesson.<\/DIV>
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<cynical about lawyers<\/STRONG><\/EM>> #4 out of more than one million results in this Yahoo! Search was our post The Lowered Expectation Game — Lawyers as Tin Men<\/FONT><\/A>.  We’ve got to try harder next time!<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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<[males OR guys OR boys OR men] +”don’t wear outfits”><\/STRONG><\/EM> #1 of 321 in this Google search, pointing to our males don’t wear “outfits”<\/FONT><\/A> post, which quotes Silvano Iurata, the main character in Norman Green’s novel, The Angel of Montague Street.<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A>   Yet another Yabut pet peeve gets excellent search engine positioning.<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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<“Frank H. Easterbrook” +juries<\/EM><\/STRONG>>  #1 of 240 results in this Google query is our Frank Easterbrook calls juries “twelve high school dropouts”<\/FONT><\/A> (Aug. 1, 2005), commemorating Judge E’s testimony on July 28 before the Antitrust Modernization Commission.  The same post is the 5th result out of 631, when the query is changed to <“Frank H. Easterbrook” +jury<\/STRONG><\/EM>>.  Change the search to <“Frank H. Easterbrook” +Hottie<\/STRONG><\/EM>> and it comes in third of 21 (after two listings from Under Their Robes<\/A><\/EM>, which originally nominated Easterbrook as a “Hottie Bear”).  And, the pesky post even shows up #25 of over 7500 results, when querying the name <“Frank H. Easterbrook”<\/EM><\/STRONG>> and 8th of 77,000 results when the search is <frank easterbrook<\/STRONG><\/EM>>.<\/DIV>
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<gorgeous lawyers<\/EM><\/STRONG>>  First result out of 373,000 in this Yahoo! Search, is a post<\/A> wherein your Editor reminisced about a broken heart in Nevada.<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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<wakefield’s knuckleball<\/STRONG>> #4 out of 789 in this Google Search, zooming in on <\/DIV>
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<Purpose of antitrust<\/EM><\/STRONG>>  #3 of 689,000 in this Google query, which found our<\/DIV>
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<sitting on our hands<\/EM><\/STRONG>> #1 and #2 of 7,770,000 results in this Google query for<\/DIV>
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<ron baker change order<\/STRONG><\/EM>>  #1 of 849,000 results in this Google search, for <\/DIV>
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ron<\/B> baker<\/B> & price sensitivity<\/FONT><\/A> . We may be the lone voice in the wilderness <\/DIV>
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<musical noodling definition<\/EM><\/STRONG>> #2 of 4,920 Google results, due to noodling lawfully<\/FONT><\/A>, which <\/DIV>
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#4 and #5 going to f\/k\/a. See <\/FONT>What kind of Blogger are you?<\/FONT><\/A><\/DIV>
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<very long restroom line<\/EM><\/STRONG>>  The 4th result out of 293,000 in the Google search <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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<lawyers day<\/EM><\/STRONG>> #1 and #2 out of 12.5 million results in this Google search<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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inspiration for lawyers who want to earn a better reputation.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the Wanton Tree weblog and its editor Todd Wooldridge and took off on a tangent about <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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<potty parity<\/EM><\/STRONG>> #2 of 3,540 in the Google Search for this current and pesky subject.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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<\/SPAN><\/FONT>translated by <\/FONT>David G. Lanoue<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>  <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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For much more TISKing:<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P>
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TISK! <\/FONT>pt. 1<\/EM><\/FONT><\/STRONG> can be found <\/EM><\/FONT>here<\/A><\/EM><\/FONT>.<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV>
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TISK! <\/FONT>pt. 2<\/EM><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/FONT> can be found <\/FONT>here<\/A><\/FONT><\/EM>.<\/FONT><\/EM> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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TISK! <\/FONT>pt. 4<\/EM><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/FONT> can be found here<\/A><\/FONT><\/EM>.<\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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