>
> > By the way, last week's hottest search engine keyword was Fishing.
> According to my hubby the game addict, there's some interactive Bass CD-ROM
> that's hot stuff right now. (Of course, he also said "those folks
You know, that might be part of it; but on the fishing page, game
ranks only 47th, so it just might be vacation time.
http://www.mall-net.com/se_report/fish.html
> It's too bad interent gambling is illegal on the net here in the US (or has
> that law passed yet? I don't remember). Looking at the search keywords, I
> was thinking about a betting pool, similar to a football pool, where you
> bet on which combination of keywords would take certain spots. Bingo
> crossed with football pool crossed with a knowledge of current trends
> crossed with net savvy....now that sounds like a fun game!
Well... the problem with that is that it might get too many of the
more programatically oriented to attempt to sway the odds by setting up
droids to run queries over and over again. That's what happened when some
drawing contests rules allowed people unlimited entries. The early home
computer folks ran tens of thousands of entries off on their home
computers for car drawings and some other prizes. Made the news, and
rules were changed all over to return fairness to the game.
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