PZ Myers. 2004 Sep 23. A new metric for my self-adulation!. <http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/a_new_metric_for_my_self_adulation/>. Accessed 2008 Dec 01.
Posted on M00o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr on Thursday, September 23, 2004
A new metric for my self-adulation!
Kevin Drum has a suggested measure of internet fame: how many references there are to you on Google.Edward_ at Obsidian Wings laments that a Google search for "Obsidian Wings" nets only 33,000 hits compared to 127,000 for David Brooks. Actually, though, that strikes me as pretty decent, considering how long Brooks has been around and how many high-profile outlets he has for his writing.
But that made me curious, so I entered "Kevin Drum." Result: 143,000 hits. Not bad!
And that in turn gave me an idea: I propose that we formalize this as a measure of Internet Fame (IF): 127,000 Google hits is equal to one "brooksie." By that measure, here's how various people rate:
Obsidian Wings: .26 brooksies
Daniel Drezner: .69 brooksies
Kevin Drum: 1.13 brooksies
Paul Krugman: 1.15 brooksies
Atrios: 2.06 brooksies
Instapundit: 4.35 brooksies
George Bush: 25.51 brooksies
Britney Spears: 34.25 brooksies
People with very low internet presences would have to measure their IF in millibrooksies. My mother, for example, has an IF of 2.7 mb.
So, I had to check my own status (admit it: you're all going to google right now and trying it yourself, aren't you?).
Pharyngula: 0.41 brooksies
PZ Myers: 0.10 brooksies
"Pharyngula" is a bit pumped up by all those gadzillions of web pages that talk about the pharyngula stage of embryonic development (←sarcasm), so that number should probably go down a notch further.
Man, I have a long ways to go to catch up with Britney. Would breast implants help? Silicone or saline?
Posted by PZ Myers on 09/23 at 10:20 AM
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"Would breast implants help? Silicone or saline?"
No, they wouldn't. There are some images, I have to say, that no one should have to contemplate.#: Posted by on 09/23 at 10:44 AM - It is either that, or start singing. If I start singing, you'd be begging me to take off my shirt, instead.
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Blast and damn me for being a music lover. OK then . . . show 'em, baby.
#: Posted by on 09/23 at 10:54 AM
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I just realized that I’m an addict! I’ve been sitting here sipping my coffee, surfing, and waiting for you to post PZ. You’re the one blogger I can always count on to post nearly every day. Now I can finally start working! Furries; and now brooksies?
You CAN get "pec" impants...that MIGHT help with a certain sub-set of readers.#: Posted by on 09/23 at 11:03 AM -
As the internet doesn't need any more jargon, I'd just use http://www.googlefight.com/ instead of tese "brooksies". Not only does it give you some idea of where you stand, but it introduces a nice competitive factor into things.
#: Posted by on 09/23 at 11:24 AM
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49.9 "brooksies" for my name. Alas, I'm not famous--I'm just overly common.
#: Posted by Jim Anderson on 09/23 at 12:32 PM
- Perhaps a quick marriage, followed by annulment, with a little tryst with a star, and then a private marriage ceremony, only to be followed up by the admission that you are still married to your wife (polygamy sells after all).