Mefi not showing up as top search result on google

November 5, 2003 4:48 PM

Could we fix this? [More inside]
posted by kickingtheground to MetaFilter-Related at 4:48 PM (36 comments total)

I use google’s “I’m feeling Lucky” feature to navigate more quickly; that is, I usually type “g mefi” as an address instead of “www.metafilter.com.” Lately though, a google search for “mefi” doesn’t return the metafilter front page. Perhaps a friendly googlebombing is in order?
posted by kickingtheground at 4:49 PM on November 5, 2003

Have you tried a bookmark?
posted by machaus at 4:51 PM on November 5, 2003

HOLY FUCKING SHIT JUST TYPE IN METAFILTER
posted by Stan Chin at 4:53 PM on November 5, 2003

Why do some people always have to make the simplest of things complicated?
posted by Orb at 5:00 PM on November 5, 2003

Why's it in the category 'World > Français > Régional > France > Etat et politique > Gouvernement > Ministères'...?

W.
T.
F.
MATT?!!?
posted by dash_slot- at 5:04 PM on November 5, 2003

HOLY FUCKING SHIT JUST TYPE IN METAFILTER

But that would take so long!
posted by kickingtheground at 5:18 PM on November 5, 2003

Wow, this seems like a real pressing problem. I'll get Skippy and the rest of the team on the case.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 5:38 PM on November 5, 2003

Dammit, dashie, I asked you not to bring that up. You know damn well it woz all dem cognac, champagne and soixante-bloody-neuf threads wot done it.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 5:43 PM on November 5, 2003

If you have time to waste reading MeFi in the first place, you have the three nanoseconds it takes to type "www.me", press the down button and then press enter.

For fuck's sake... what Stan Chin said.
posted by dg at 5:49 PM on November 5, 2003

Skippy?
posted by dg at 5:57 PM on November 5, 2003

Go to your hosts file, enter the following:

209.10.108.201 m

Now you have easy one-button access to Metafilter!
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:31 PM on November 5, 2003

This is fucking hilarious.

Oh, and what Stan Chin said.
posted by anathema at 6:53 PM on November 5, 2003

HOLY FUCKING SHIT JUST TYPE IN METAFILTER

Holy fu**king shit, Stan, that is the funniest thing that I've seen today -- *beautiful*.

(uses shirt to wipe coffee from screen)
posted by davidmsc at 7:16 PM on November 5, 2003

A bookmark is a lovely thing.

Actually all I need to do is follow the yelling.
posted by konolia at 7:21 PM on November 5, 2003

kickingtheass
posted by anathema at 7:28 PM on November 5, 2003

What I can't figure out is using google to get here.

(typing) google.com [ENTER] mefi [ENTER]

takes an extra keystroke, compared to

(typing) metafilter.com [ENTER]

I point this out not to pile on, but out of confusion.


Getting to MeTa is even easier, though. When you log on and hit The Street (that Champs Elysées of the MeTaverse,) follow the Staggering Iberian into the gr*y building.
posted by trondant at 8:40 PM on November 5, 2003

Here is what I do: I write down the names of websites I visit in notepad, in order from most visited to least visited. Then, everytime I load up my browser, I open the windows notepad. If I'm going to "Metafilter" I scan my notepad list, find "Metafilter," highlight it with my mouse, press ctrl-c, then click on my address bar and hit ctrl-v to paste it. And I never have to type anything!

Except these pointless posts, which are actually small chunks of the MetaFilter Murder Mystery Choose Your Own Adventure, Bitch, novel that's currently in the works.
posted by The God Complex at 8:45 PM on November 5, 2003

You people just need to learn to type faster.

Copying and pasting out of notepad? Bookmarks are your friend.
posted by bshort at 9:44 PM on November 5, 2003

I've actually hired a small Guatemalan child to remember the pages that I most often visit. Over a series of months, I've trained him to touch-type, and now he can punch in "metatalk.metafilter.com" quite quickly.

So now, every morning when I sit down at my machine with my latte, I just email Nino, wait ninety minutes for him to catch a bus in from the South Shore, buzz him in, teach him english, and then sit back and let his deft fingers be my internet guides.
posted by Marquis at 9:44 PM on November 5, 2003

You teach him English every morning? Shit, that's dedication.
posted by pizzasub at 9:58 PM on November 5, 2003

Great thread.

Definitely the last time I post to MeTa as a way of putting off writing an english essay.

oh, and *cough* MeFi *cough*
posted by kickingtheground at 11:21 PM on November 5, 2003

Getting to MeTa is even easier, though.

trondant, you must be forgetting http://penis.meepzorp.com.
posted by quonsar at 11:30 PM on November 5, 2003

I've actually hired a small Guatemalan child

psht. true mefi bluebloods purchase theirs.
posted by quonsar at 11:32 PM on November 5, 2003

My guatemalan children are too busy growing coffee.

bshort: I was joking ;)
posted by The God Complex at 11:50 PM on November 5, 2003

Why's it in the category 'World > Français > Régional > France > Etat et politique > Gouvernement > Ministères'...?

En raison du Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie, connard.
posted by dhartung at 2:11 AM on November 6, 2003

Enough mockery. I'd like to mire this discussion in technical minutiae.

Kicking: If you've got a browser shortcut set to "g" that goes to Google, why can't you set one to "m" that goes to MetaFilter?
posted by rcade at 3:28 AM on November 6, 2003

What is this "going to MetaFilter" you speak of? I thought diehards like us never left.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 3:59 AM on November 6, 2003

rcade, I think that's a shortcut built into Mozilla, though I could be wrong. If that's the case kickingsand, for Christ's sake, bookmark MetaFilter in Moz/Firebird/etc., go to the bookmark's properties and set the keyword to "mefi" or "m" or "whatever" and then you've saved typing g each time.
posted by yerfatma at 4:12 AM on November 6, 2003

You heathens. You aren't truly devoted to Metafilter till it's your home page.
posted by Apoch at 5:17 AM on November 6, 2003

Apoch beat me to the punch (and i'm surprised it took so long to be mentioned)....its one click away when its your default [home] page.
posted by jmackin at 6:25 AM on November 6, 2003

I'm a big fan of keyboard shortcuts, so this won't help but...I've got a bunch of my most-used bookmarks as buttons at the top of the browser. WHat's that you say? You're using IE, and can't do that? Shit. Sorry, man.
posted by notsnot at 7:19 AM on November 6, 2003

the crazy browser mod to IE lets you set it so that it will reopen the tabs you had open when you last closed the browser. All the benefits of the new breed of browsers without the "I can't see it" aspects.
posted by crunchland at 7:43 AM on November 6, 2003

I've got a bunch of my most-used bookmarks as buttons at the top of the browser. WHat's that you say? You're using IE, and can't do that? Shit. Sorry, man.

notsnot, while i recently dumped IE for Firebird, IE has done that links as buttons thing for years.
posted by quonsar at 7:54 AM on November 6, 2003

q, can we get a http://red-hot-anal-sluts.meepzorp.com shortcut to MeFi, then?
posted by trondant at 9:51 AM on November 6, 2003

Skippy?
posted by VulcanMike at 10:11 AM on November 6, 2003

posted by squirrel at 10:42 AM on November 6, 2003