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

Google has been known to set up little in-jokes like that. There was a time when the top result for the phrase "dismal failure" was the White House website.

It's not really a laughing matter to have an abortion/family planning website as the top hit though.

Although the 'dismal failure' is a hoot.

It's not really anyone's fault though. The BPAS site gets a lo of traffic as it's one of (if not the) UK's primary provider for abortion services. Plus by dint of its name, it features the word 'pregnancy' regularly and prominantly throughout the site. And that should be enough for it to get top or close to top billing on google.co.uk.

If you liked 'miserable failure', can I interest you to 'French Military Victories'

I love 'Did you mean "French military defeats"'

That's a reassuring web page...

I'd love to work for Google! I like the idea of the sniggering w**kers poking sharp sticks in the eye of the 'stablishment but still giggling all the way to the bank.

zdt

Traveller in Time imagining a department at google
"< http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html > "