Drew Burden

A nerd showers you with his opinions.

Entries for the ‘Google WTF’s’ Category

The Street View black hole

Unsurprisingly, I have a beef with Google. I am no stranger to beefs with Google. However, this one is a bit more vain than previously. Owensboro recently was blessed by the Google-gods with Street View. Exciting, exciting, exciting. What does one do upon their first visit to Street View? They look for their house. However, [...]

Okay, what the hell.

I blogged yesterday complaining that this site was no longer at the top of Google search results on a search for my name. I even registered drewburden.com as a desperate attempt to fight my way back to the top. Guess what. Lo and behold, I’m back at the top. And I’m utterly confused.

I’m sad now. No, sad is an understatement. I’m pissed off right now.

Back in the good ol’ days, you could search for my name on Google and the very site you are reading would come up as the first result. Not anymore. What happened, Google? If you’re an avid reader, you may remember that I recently wrote about Google changing their search algorithm. Could this be the [...]