Sunday, January 31, 2010
Inescapable irrelevance
I've noticed in recent weeks that most of my incoming links are related to the top word on the sign in this picture, which is part of Episode 7 of Polistra's Dream.
The reason is obvious: all the pictures in this episode had titles containing the word Q*********, and there is apparently a very popular video game named Q********* 2. Yesterday I went to the trouble of changing these image titles from Q********** whatever.jpg to Measles whatever.jpg, and removed the word from the text of the episode as well, hoping to cut down the irrelevant noise.
Also a vaguely Golden-rulish consideration ... I get annoyed when Google hands me a batch of completely irrelevant stuff, so I don't want my blog to be the source of such annoyance for others.
Unfortunately, the change from Q********** to Measles actually made things worse! The Google connections are still present, and the searchers are even more determined to find the reference now that it's nowhere in the pictures or text!
It's like having a phone number similar to the local Pizza Hut. You keep getting calls ordering pizza, and no matter how hard you try, the callers will not be persuaded that you're not really Pizza Hut.
[Footnote: I've "censored" the word that means a disease-preventing lockdown. Not because it's dirty, but just to avoid creating a new irrelevant search target while discussing the removal of the old!] ¶ 7:09 AM
I've noticed in recent weeks that most of my incoming links are related to the top word on the sign in this picture, which is part of Episode 7 of Polistra's Dream.
The reason is obvious: all the pictures in this episode had titles containing the word Q*********, and there is apparently a very popular video game named Q********* 2. Yesterday I went to the trouble of changing these image titles from Q********** whatever.jpg to Measles whatever.jpg, and removed the word from the text of the episode as well, hoping to cut down the irrelevant noise.
Also a vaguely Golden-rulish consideration ... I get annoyed when Google hands me a batch of completely irrelevant stuff, so I don't want my blog to be the source of such annoyance for others.
Unfortunately, the change from Q********** to Measles actually made things worse! The Google connections are still present, and the searchers are even more determined to find the reference now that it's nowhere in the pictures or text!
It's like having a phone number similar to the local Pizza Hut. You keep getting calls ordering pizza, and no matter how hard you try, the callers will not be persuaded that you're not really Pizza Hut.
[Footnote: I've "censored" the word that means a disease-preventing lockdown. Not because it's dirty, but just to avoid creating a new irrelevant search target while discussing the removal of the old!] ¶ 7:09 AM
