news.stepforth.com — Tom Vandetta found an article that explained how to fool Google's news system by writing fake press releases. He then decided to see what would happen if he submitted a fake Google press release claiming the 15-year old New Jersey student was Google's youngest employee.
Mar 14, 2006 View in Crawl 4
dielawnMar 15, 2006
hah.
bahwootMar 15, 2006
Lets see how big this gets, Digg my story :) Link--> <a class="user" href="http://www.digg.com/technology/Google_hires_Chuck_Norris">http://www.digg.com/technology/Google_hires_Chuck_Norris</a>
Closed AccountMar 15, 2006
"The only prank I did when I was 15 was plastic wrap on the toilet..."What...No upperdecker?
jeranonMar 15, 2006
This is the first time I've seen this... VERY amusing. thanx for the laugh!
gigglestickMar 15, 2006
@shiptostoreUsage my friend, usage. Before long your precious language will be almost incomprehensible to you, just as the english of 500 years ago is. And it will only happen more and more quickly.Knowatamsayin'?
thorpusMar 15, 2006
I posted the original article. A co-worker of mine discovered the exploit.
ripbergeMar 15, 2006
Yes, Google should write some software to filter out BS news stories, just like they write software to filter out webmaster attempts to ruin your search results with BS serving their own agenda. I really doubt execs at Google feels its appropriate to serve up fake or inaccurate news.
tkromoFeb 26, 2009
amazing how anyone could believe that a 15 year old boy even has the ability or necessary skills to work for Google at such a young age is mind bobbling.<a class="user" href="http://www.spreadingyourknowledge.com">http://www.spreadingyourknowledge.com</a>