Fun:Argumentum ad Google ranking
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Argumentum ad Google ranking is an attempt to argue that one's position is more valid than one's opponents because a particular key word returns one's website, or search keywords, higher ranked or more often than one's opponent's website or keywords.
Unfortunately it is impossible to determine attitudes ("how many came to laugh and stayed to guffaw helplessly?").
Anecdotal evidence suggests that there is a strong link between search engine ranking and machismo.
Not to be confused with argumentum ad Google ad ranking, which is a similar argument based on advertisement ranking on search engines.
Example of the argument in action (based on actual comments)[edit]
Gentlemen at a somewhat liberal website,
It appears as if in regards to your comments in regards to the death of atheism on the internet are somewhat disturbing. In regards to the matter of peanut butter and furry bit, you don't include that the claim of "Clinging to old Alexa stats" is now false. In fact, by next Sunday, it is likely Homosexuality will have lost all vestiges of credibility. :) :) :)
Rest assured, Operation Gentlemen is gathering steam!!! I might have been talking with a prominent blogger who assures me it's likely that something big or small may or may not be happening in the near or distant future or past! Sincerely,
As you can see, this comment by a certain gentleman at a Christian website that purports to be trustworthy in regards to the alleged immorality of the gentlemen at an irrational evilutionist evolutionist website is an excellent display of machismo. Anyone who argues like this is clearly at the top of the scale, and will likely impress the Christian Spanish and Indian ladies, whereas militant atheist Señor Dawkins will likely have sand kicked in his face by the Hispanic ladies! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL!