Google, I think we need a little talk …

So I came across “What Colour are your bits? [1]” for the n^th time, and I thought I might link to it, but I want to make sure I haven't linked to it before. So I do what I usually do and try a Google search [2]. Nothing comes up. But hold on—it's “colour,” not “color” so let me try that [3] and even less comes up.

By now, I'm sure I have linked to that article before. A somewhat-­quick-­but-­not-­entirely-­quick search locally on my server revealed that yes, I did link to that article [4].

Okay Google [5], what gives? You index everything pretty much instantaneously. I use you pretty much all the time to search my blog [6]. And you can't find a single entry with an exact phrase? Are you just having a bad day?

And now I'm curious—what if I tried … oh … I don't know … **BING [7]?**

Well, I didn't expect this [8]—first result, exactly what I wanted to find. Well, Google?

[1] http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23

[2] https://www.google.com/search?q=color+bits+site:boston.conman.org

[3] https://www.google.com/search?q=colour+bits+site:boston.conman.org

[4] /boston/2012/01/18.3

[5] https://www.google.com/

[6] https://boston.conman.org/

[7] http://bing.com/

[8] http://www.bing.com/search?q=color+bits+site%3Aboston.conman.org

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