h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Today, I was told how I can find out which websites have linked to my edited entries - if at all. Now I haven't written many guide entries, so it's not really a pastime, yet I got some interesting results.

Ten out of my 20 solo entries are currently being linked to from such exotic places as Bejing or Shanghai.

Here's what I found today (I've been told it changes, so this is just a (Google) snapshot):

A20600849 (Batteries => Amazonas. Brasil?)

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=A20600849&meta=


A11504666 (Green Sauce=> Russia)
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=A11504666&meta=


A19441541 (Karmann Ghia)

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=A19441541&btnG=Google+Search&meta=


A15826179 (Pressure Cooker =>Spain)


A16932224 (Brezel Bub => Bejing)

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=A16932224&meta=

A17826735 (Bocca della verità =>Shanghai)

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=A17826735&meta=

A17953608 (St Martin's Day)

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=A17953608&meta=

A18107129 (Harvest Festival/Thanksgiving)

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=A18107129&meta=

A24145869 (Loreley => Australia)

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=A24145869&meta=

A30334916 (Frankfurt past and present)

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=A30334916&meta=

I then tried 'Metacrawler', as it brings different results, and the very first entry I tried brought up a BBC complaint form about one of my entries. Bummer! It even showed who made the complaint. I'm quite shocked now.

OK, so now I've had a closer look. I misunderstood. It's a complaint form for whoever clicks on that link about a post made somewhere by somebody in re: one of my entries (possibly EF). Still, it was very spooky.

I dunno if I dare

Seems to happen with every entry number you put in. I just got a form to complain about a post made by B'Elana [©] ACE- Minister of Abbrev...etc. Very

So how do you do it

Just click on one of the links above, Bob, and exchange the A number with one of yours. Bingo.

How's it done then?

Just stick the A-number into Google search engine, Bob.

I tested Kopi Luwak (I don't have time to search for any other) and got my edited entry, and http://jaiku.com/channel/fortytwo/presence/34218587 who appears to be a hootoo fan, he added ('fetched from h2g2' - so at least it's acknowledged) Libra the scales as well.

There you go, Psycorp:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=A29443197&meta=

Hmmm, I only get one link for my vampire one, but it's at "healthcare.com"

I think it helps when they are older. (The entries, not the vampires )

Cheers B'el.

You're welcome.

GB, I guess you'd be busy for weeks if you wanted to check all your entries.

My Groma entry is linked to ΔημοσίευσηΑπό cronny_lobby στις: Φεβρουάριος 16th, 2008, 8:42 pm

Το Groma -Ρωμα'ι'κή αυτοκρατορία
Ιστορικά γεγονότα, πολιτικές και κριτικές

Συντονιστές: pumpkin, Asterismos

Well its Greek anyway

Well I never
I am included (Portchester Castle) in the bibliography of a marine archaeolgy report on the Portsmouth foreshore

http://www.nasportsmouth.org.uk/projects/forton%20lake/Forton%20Lake%20Project%20YR1%20Final%20Report.pdf

People are reading this stuff

Looks like you made Bob's day, Bel

Yes, I know how you feel. My batteries entry is linked to from

Genilson Pereira Santana
Prof. Química
Universidade Federal do Amazonas

in Brasil. It is an entry I'm proud of. I did lots of research and it had a fantastic PR thread with many suggestions, it was great.