The other day Chase was googling around for god-knows-what and came across an hilarious discovery. It seems that if one Google Image Searches for the word “geeknights,” as in the now famous GeekNights Podcast, a particular result is returned. Here is a screenshot of the results taken this morning:
Pay close attention to the fourth picture in the first row. It turns out that, for whatever reason, my impromptu photo op with Wil Wheaton and a band of xkcd supportin’ geeks is more “GeekNights” than the hosts of the show! A photo of Rym and Scott doesn’t show up until the first picture in the second row.
Now I imagine at this point you’re asking, “Karl, how is this relevant or even noteworthy?” and I say to you, “Good question!” You see, the truth of the matter is that photo was hastily fabricated and posted in the show’s forum in a discussion about teh awesomeness of PAX 07. Now, in my haste, I made a grievous error and misspelt Wil Wheaton’s name (with two ls instead of one). Later that day I realized my error but thought to myself that the moment had passed and it really wasn’t necessary to make the change. It was small error buried deep within a thread of a topic that didn’t really go anywhere. Fast forward to the future and now we see my innocuous error is now front and center! Why that particular image carries so much weight with our search engine overlords I don’t know.
In closing, I’d like to point out that the reason this is relevant is because of the lesson in all of this: CORRECT YOUR ERRORS. No matter how small. If you know they are there and it is possible, take the time to make the change. With that said, if any of you have noticed any particularly hilarious errors we have made please tell us. Also, if any of you have mad Google skills and can shed some light onto this mystery I’d be much obliged.
The change to the image has been made but I sill have the original. So at this point we’ll see how the change propagates, if anyone notices the change, and/or if the change affects the image’s ranking on Google.
-Karl