The New York Post is a “scandal sheet” tabloid newspaper that’s best known for its sensationalistic, hilarious headlines. A few examples:
- When beer magnate Freddy Heineken was kidnapped, they ran a story titled No Deposit, No Return.
- When New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was linked to a prostitution ring: Ho No.
- On the possibility of a “Deep Impact”-style collision of a cosmic object with Earth: Kiss Your Asteroid Goodbye.
- When Newsweek retracted its story about the interrogation tactic of flushing copies of the Qu’ran down the toilet: Holy Shiite.
- A famous one from 1982: Headless Body in Topless Bar.
There’s even a book that features the best (worst?) of their wacky headlines.
So when you read the Fear Grips Google story in the Post, you should remember that tech really isn;t their forte and that you might want to take it with a grain of salt. I think Search Engine Land sums it up best:
Bing is probably better than Google anticipated and early indications are favorable in terms of user adoption; however not on any scale to threaten Google’s position. I wouldn’t be surprised if Google is taking Bing seriously and trying to carefully assess its algorithm.
Still, the graphic accompanying the Post’s article, Fear Grips Google, is amusing:
