OK, it’s been a little more than two hours since I asked people to put “brrreeeport” on their blogs to “mess with the man” and build a new kind of directory. So, in that time I went out for sushi with Jeff Julian and John Alexander, co-founders of Geeks with Blogs. Great guys and we had a good time catching up on the blogging world. Anyway, while I was out a bunch of people posted. Have you figured out what I was up to yet?
Why, of course! It was an opportunity for me to try the blog search engines out!
So, here’s the brrreeeport report. You can participate. Just add the word “brrreeeport” to your blog. Or, even better, do that and then give it a tag too. So, anyway, it’s 7:57 p.m. Pacific Time so let’s look at what the search engines have found so far.
Google’s Blog Search has found nine blogs so far.
IceRocket has found none.
Feedster has found none.
Technorati finds five blogs so far. But only one blog (mine) has tagged itself with brrreeeport.
UPDATE: Technorati now finds 11 blogs at 8:36 p.m. (while Google still only finds nine).
UPDATE 2: Technorati finds 39 posts, same as Google’s blog search at 11:09 p.m.
None of the big three’s main search engines have found any so far.
And that’s the latest from brrreeeport! 
[...] Even though I’m a little late to the game, I thought I’d play the “brrreeeport” game started by Robert Scoble. Robert is testing out various blog search engines to determine their accuracy and timeliness. [...]
[...] Robert Scoble started this, and he can tell you why better than I can. [...]
Kinda funny this thing isnt?
It show how the Internet is such a vast interconected space….
Kinda funny this thing isnt?
It show how the Internet is such a vast interconected space….
[...] The brrreeeport report [...]
[...] Meer info op http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/02/13/the-brrreeeport-report/ [...]
Brrreeeport Report Shows Most Blog Search Engines Still Suck?
So, Scoble asked people to enter the term "brrreeeport" into their posts as a way to test the different blog search engines. Since it's a made up word and all, it makes sense that when you search any given service for that term, you woul…
Still on breeevport??? Just starting to catch on, sorry I missed the sushi…
Still on breeevport??? Just starting to catch on, sorry I missed the sushi…
[...] Senior Scoble reporting on a blogosphere test. Interesting idea, although I can’t help but wonder if the real value is not in testing blog search engines (a snoozer in my book), but rather in testing the concept of idea velocity throughout the blogosphere. In blog time, I’m writing this late compared to Robert’s acutal posting on this test so I’ll post again on any updates. [...]
[...] Seltsame Dinge tun sich im Netz. Nur um Suchmaschinen zu testen werden momentan ziemlich viele Postings mit dem Wort Brrreeeport abgesetzt. Nun ja. Erinnert an die plötzliche Gänseinvasion außerhalb der Martinszeit: muss man nicht zu lange drüber nachdenken. Falk Lüke | 0:06 [...]
“I’m late, I’m late for a very important date…” name that tune? Ok, so I’ll give it a mention. But this is why I hate BLOGS. Well, the ‘net in general, now I have 16 zillion more links to follow. :
“I’m late, I’m late for a very important date…” name that tune? Ok, so I’ll give it a mention. But this is why I hate BLOGS. Well, the ‘net in general, now I have 16 zillion more links to follow. :
日本語でも brrreeeporthttp://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/02/13/the-brrreeeport-report/trackback/
だいぶ出遅れた。 ゴッゴルみたいなもんか …
brrreeeport
Komisches Wort, aber ich bin einfach mal da bei.
Was mach ich hier eigentlich??
[gefunden via Blogruf
[...] Derzeit geht – angeheizt vom Scobleizer – der brrreeeport um. Was sich anhört wie ein auf Grund übermässigen Tabakkonsums guttural erbrochener Paarungslaut, soll einen Versuch mit dem Hintergrund einer statistischen Erhebung darstellen. Oder anders: Dutzende von Blogs schreiben dieser Tage Einträge, in denen das Wort brrreeeport vorkommt. Damit soll getestet werden, mit welcher Geschwindigkeit Dienste und Suchmaschinen wie Technorati, Feedster, Google BlogSearch, MSN Search und dererlei mehr eben jene Blogs scannen und im Index listen. Die bisherigen Ergebnisse hierbei sind interessant wie auch überraschend. Nebst dem nicht mehr gänzlich unbekannten Fakt, dass einige Anbieter in ihren augenscheinlich gefundenen Ergebnissen die Anzahl selbiger immens nach oben beschönigen, weiss man nun auch, dass Feedster effektiver sowie auch schneller arbeitet als Google’s BlogSearch – dabei allerdings bei den Ergebnissen genauso lügt. Weiter weiss man nun, dass MSN Search bislang erstaunlicherweise mehr Ergebnisse liefert als die allgemeinhin als zweitgrößte Suchmaschine der Welt genannte Yahoo!. [...]
The german brrreeeport report
Robert Scoble testet Suchmaschinen-Performances. Deshalb spreadet er in der Blogwelt den Aufruf die Phrase “brrreeeport report”. Stand jetzt: Google Blogsearch (german): 6 for ‘brrreeeport’ Technorati (german): 10 German (Deutsch) posts contain: br…
[...] Robert Scoble spielt ein Spiel: er bittet Blogger in aller Welt, das Wort brrreeeport auf ihre Seiten zu schreiben. Warum? Ein Test, wie gut und wie schnell Weblogs von den Suchmaschinen indiziert werden. Erste Ergebnisse hat Robert gesammelt, ebenso David Sifry von Technorati . [...]
[...] Link [via] [...]
I’m sorry, what exactly is Brrreeeport means?
I’m sorry, what exactly is Brrreeeport means?
[...] I’m a few days behind, but I want to join in on the fun. In case you missed it, check out Scoble’s post from a few days ago. In it, he states: [...]
[...] bevor ich hier wieder tagelang gar nix schreibe: brrreeeport. (hä?) [...]
[...] It seems that this word is being used in an interesting social blog experiment… found here. I don’t know what to think…. could this be fun and harmless? Sure right now it is. But also it could be used as a marketing tool to “drive eyeballs” to a site and or product. Foe example the “Burger King Commercial” a few months back. [...]
[...] Robert Scoble has got a lot of people thinking about discrepancies between the search results returned by various search engines, as a result of his very successful bbbreeeport meme. But I think the conversation has mostly been focused on the wrong aspect of those results: the total number of hits. [...]
[...] Behold the power of the Scoble. There’s been a tag added to this post as a geekly tweak of the search enginer world that started a few days ago.. now up to 50,000 on Google. [...]
Dear Abby:
Nobody likes me (sniff, sniff). Why even my biggest search engine hit [on Yahooo (been delisted from Google)], doesn’t bring me any traffic anymore (‘nude female midgets’ … http://anechoicroom.blogspot.com/2005/11/nude-female-midgets-blogging-about.html). Am I still a blogger if no one visits and I get almost no MSN, Yahoo, or Technorati traffic as well?
Signed, Lonely.
Dear Abby:
Nobody likes me (sniff, sniff). Why even my biggest search engine hit [on Yahooo (been delisted from Google)], doesn’t bring me any traffic anymore (‘nude female midgets’ … http://anechoicroom.blogspot.com/2005/11/nude-female-midgets-blogging-about.html). Am I still a blogger if no one visits and I get almost no MSN, Yahoo, or Technorati traffic as well?
Signed, Lonely.
[...] Robert Scoble has created a “Fun With Search Engines” experiment involving the nonsense tag brrreeeport. Scoble’s search engine prank then morphed into how to get on the blogging A-List with a powerful headline, so I thought I’d join the fun. [...]
http://www.brrreeport.com
http://www.brreeeport.com
http://www.brrreeport.com
http://www.brreeeport.com
[...] I wouldn’t have guessed it, but Robert Scoble is messing with the man. Yes, he has been wantonly encouraging bloggers to put nonsense words in their blogs, with no regard for the well-being of the world wide web. [...]
…and for the British version of comment #99
http://www.brrreeeport.co.uk
for what it’s worth (=nada)
…and for the British version of comment #99
http://www.brrreeeport.co.uk
for what it’s worth (=nada)
hehe..I recommend http://www.searchxp.net — Article Search engine
hehe..I recommend http://www.searchxp.net — Article Search engine
[...] We’re patiently waiting for the search engines to index sendmeyourproduct.com. blogsearch.google.com currently bring backs zero hits for existing content. Ohh…..brrreeeport!! Hmmm, it appears for now, we’re WordLess. Pfffhhhht, come and get it! [...]
[...] Just read Scoble’s blog. I am taking part in his experiment. This is a test of the search engines to test how fast and comprehensive their search capabilities of the word “brrreeeport” are. So, here’s the brrreeeport report. You can participate. Just add the word “brrreeeport” to your blog. Or, even better, do that and then give it a tag too. So, anyway, it’s 7:57 p.m. Pacific Time so let’s look at what the search engines have found so far. [...]
[...] Scobleizer – Microsoft Geek Blogger » The brrreeeport report (tags: comment) [...]
Its funny the amount of uproar this sort of thing causes. Some people really have boring days dont they.
Its funny the amount of uproar this sort of thing causes. Some people really have boring days dont they.
[...] über Ringfahndung bin ich auf die Aktion von Robert Scoble aufmerksam geworden. Um die Performance von Suchmaschinen zu testen, bittet er die Blogwelt den neu geschaffenen Begriff “brrreeeport” zu verbreiten. [...]
[...] brrreeeport !! Voilà, j’espère que Robert Scoble est content. [...]
Passe le brrreeeport autour de toi !
Vu chez Netwizz et bien d’autres, c’est une initiative de Robert Scoble. Quel est le but ? créer un buzz autour d’un néologisme (brrreeeport) et tester la réactivité de l’ensemble des moteurs de recherche et autres classeurs de tags.
Le 13…
[...] So where have you been this past week? Let me get you up to speed on The Ultimate Keyword Experiment that resulted in the ultimate blogging keyword – “brrreeeport”. In an oh so creative and original experiment to debunk the A-list Blogger conspiracy and test out the search engines, on February 13th Microsoft’s controversial super geek, Robert Scoble, asked his readers to use the phony baloney word “brrreeeport” in their blogs. The objective was to get “Z-list” blogs noticed while testing the reach of search engines and at the same time stick it to Technorati’s prima donna Blogoshere. What happened literally made Blog history and peeked under the search engines’ skirts! [...]
[...] Robert Scoble has a little experiment going. Not sure if it’ll lift me off the bottom of the Z-list, but it might help. [...]
Somethin’ like brrreeeport
Jemand will die Leistungsfähigkeit von Suchmaschinen testen, erschafft ein neues Wort brrreeeport und hofft auf viel Unterstützung durch andere… Von mir aus?
This was a brrreeeport, brought to you by angels sin…
[...] What’s a Brrreeeport? By Linda Turpin So where have you been this past week? Let me get you up to speed on The Ultimate Keyword Experiment that resulted in the ultimate blogging keyword – “brrreeeport”. In an oh so creative and original experiment to debunk the A-list Blogger conspiracy and test out the search engines, on February 13th Microsoft’s controversial super geek, Robert Scoble, asked his readers to use the phony baloney word “brrreeeport” in their blogs. The objective was to get “Z-list” blogs noticed while testing the reach of search engines and at the same time stick it to Technorati’s prima donna Blogoshere. What happened literally made Blog history and peeked under the search engines’ skirts! [...]
I hope we’re the only site in the world advertising for Brrreeeport tea!!
I hope we’re the only site in the world advertising for Brrreeeport tea!!