I explored Google's list of 591 different spellings for "Britney Spears" found in search logs. It is a fascinating look at how the search engine maps diverse user typos back to a single popular entity.
I found that dogs, much like myself, prefer classical music like Bach over pop artists like Britney Spears. Research shows classical music helps calm kenneled dogs, while heavy metal and pop can increase their stress levels.
I'm highlighting the upcoming Ig Nobel Prizes from the Annals of Improbable Research. These awards honor science that makes you laugh and then think. Don't miss the bizarre guide to Britney Spears and semiconductor physics.
I explored the power of Google Custom Search Engines to build niche tools for my own site, Calvin and Hobbes quotes, and Tamil media, while navigating current limitations regarding Google's supplemental index results.
I highlight a link showing that Google surprisingly didn't rank itself as the top result for the query "search engine" in 2003, illustrating a notable quirk in early search engine optimization and ranking history.
I built a Google gadget for Tamil search and transliteration to solve my spelling difficulties. I used the wisdom of crowds by comparing Google hit counts for different spellings and shared my phonetic mapping table for easy typing.