There was always a temptation to use the most embarrassing picture I could find, but I've decided I want to go the honourable route in this competition. Partially because Heather McNeil is my friend and I don't want to embarrass her in front of the billions of Internet users, but mostly because I'm hoping that if I'm nice to her now then if I somehow lose the bet she might go easy on me with the forfeit. Self preservation is a very strong instinct, especially when there's an angry Scott about.
What the bet is about
This started out as a discussion on MSN Messenger about Heather McNeil's absence from Google results, specifically Image Search results. She claimed that she couldn't be found. I countered that I could get a picture of her to appear in the top 10 results for the search "Heather McNeil" within three months without using any insider tricks (disclaimer: I work for Google; this bet has nothing to do with them and is persued in my own time).
Aside
Specifically, the search is to be performed before the Raoky Road to Dublin Join Meet on September 8th/9th, a meeting of members of Danny Wallace's Join Me. We're a group that performs random acts of kindness to strangers to make the world a better place. I met Heather McNeil through this group.
2 comments:
I hate you!!
People of Rory's blog unite and make him suffer the most terrible consequences that Myself and Rachel have lined up for him!!!
You know it makes sense!
Heather of the bet
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