{"id":3840,"date":"2005-05-13T14:37:32","date_gmt":"2005-05-13T18:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/05\/13\/a-google-blind-date\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:43","slug":"a-google-blind-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/05\/13\/a-google-blind-date\/","title":{"rendered":"a Google blind date"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ernie “the Attorney” <\/font>Svenson is right<\/font><\/a>: Google really likes weblogs (as do Yahoo!, <\/font><\/span>Ask <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Jeeves <\/span>and other major search engines). For lots of reasons, the affection is mutual.<\/span> Search<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

engines help turn our modest troves of information into a giant <\/span>treasury of knowledge <\/span>(or, at <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

least, content), that is easily accessed by anyone with a browser<\/span>. And<\/em>, more to the <\/span>point, <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Google et al.<\/em> help those searchers find us<\/em> — even if they <\/span>weren’t looking for us. With the <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

help of our worldwide Yahoo Yentas, t<\/span>here <\/span>are millions of blind dates <\/span>in the blogosphere, <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

some of which turn into permanent <\/span>relationships.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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— Click<\/a> to Search <\/font>haiku from Kobay<\/font><\/strong><\/a>ashi Issa<\/font><\/strong>,<\/font><\/span><\/font><\/font> translated by <\/font>David G. Lanoue<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\"ekg\" If you visit here regularly — or check out my <\/font>Inadvertent Searchee<\/font><\/a> page — you know <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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that <\/font><\/span>I’m amazed (and often amused and bemused) by how often this little website appears at <\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

or <\/font><\/span>near the top of search query results. I had never conceived of this very real potential to<\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

reach <\/span>such a <\/span>broad audience — far beyond regular visitors — <\/span>when I began putting together <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

ethicalEsq<\/em> in May 2003, nor even a year ago, when f\/k\/a<\/em> was <\/span>born and haiku became a <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

full partner with punditry. This opportunity for my ideas to reach individuals interested in <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

topics that are important <\/span>to me happens in 3 major categories, as demonstrated <\/span>over the <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

past month:<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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(1) Significant issues in client-rights advocacy that are rarely discussed elsewhere <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

from a <\/font><\/span>similar <\/font><\/span>perspective:<\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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lawyers +”value pricing”<\/em>> The first two<\/em> results out of 18,100<\/font><\/span> in this Google Search<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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standard contingency fee<\/em>> #1 & #2 results out of over One Million<\/font><\/span> in this Google Search was our April 1, 2005 <\/font>tour de force<\/font><\/em><\/a>. <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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“lawyer’s” “Fiduciary responsibility”> #1 and 2 of 608 in a Google <\/font><\/p>\n

Search that found <\/font>the lawyer’s fiduciary obligations to disclose<\/font><\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

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lawyers day<\/strong>> #1 of 35.5 million results in a Yahoo search, because we <\/font><\/p>\n

wrote <\/font>Law Day, Not Lawyers’ Day<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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(2) “Haiku Advocacy:”<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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haiku +primer<\/em>> #1 & #2 out of 45,000 Google results — for jim<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

kacian’s how-to<\/em> primer and dagosan’s intro<\/em> to haiku; and #2 for<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

haiku +glossary<\/em>> out of 40,100 Google results..<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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Also,<\/em> these recent Google rankings: #3 for haiku +”harvest moon”>; <\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

#3 for buddha”>; <\/span>#1 for haiku +lawyers<\/em>>; and #1 for haiku <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

writings about<\/em> <\/span>baseball<\/strong><\/em>><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

and (3) Silliness, total inadvertence, or pet peeves:<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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curmudgeons<\/strong>> f\/k\/a<\/em> is #1 in this Yahoo! search, out of 91,000 results, <\/font><\/p>\n

for <\/font>this post<\/font><\/a>. And, the #1 Yahoo! result for self-aggrandize<\/em>> (see <\/font>here<\/font><\/a>) <\/font><\/p>\n

einstein plaids and stripes<\/em>> #2 for this <\/font>post<\/font><\/a>. <\/font><\/p>\n

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acronymically<\/strong>> #1 and 2 out of 668 in Google Search from New Zealand<\/font><\/p>\n

because we mused over the <\/font>acronymically challenged<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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meaning of word blog<\/em>> #2 of 6 million+ in a Google Search, thanks to<\/font> our lament<\/font><\/a> on that ugly little word.<\/font><\/p>\n

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connection between cherries and stomache ache<\/strong>> Someone Asked Jeeeves<\/em>, <\/font><\/p>\n

and the #1 result was our discussion of the <\/font>cherry-cordial-liquor defense<\/font><\/a>. <\/font><\/p>\n

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kelly clarkson swimsuit pictures<\/strong>> #5 in this Yahoo! Search, with an assist <\/font><\/p>\n

from some comment spam. <\/font><\/p>\n

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farting contest<\/strong>> #2 out of 7,050 in a Google search — <\/font>Master Issa’s haiku<\/font><\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

put us in this batch of results.<\/font><\/p>\n

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