googlebaiting 

(v) The practice of strategically using an oblique reference within your online profile, chat client, group tag or status message-du-jour, the understanding and appreciation of which is likely to require an extensive google search.

The cyberquivalent of Dennis Millering.

officially tallied Wit and Coup scores are dependent on the following conditions:

1. that the reference is sufficiently orthogonal to anything like "common knowledge"
2. that the particular point of the obscure reference is something cool

Extra scoring awarded if:

a) the reference constitutes a double entendre
b) the reference means something different to different people

Not to be confused with googlebating (which uses a whole other set of mouse fingers)

Duran's new status message - "Oh Oh Sugar Spell It Out" 9:05 AM Monday

me: Are you telling the world that you're secretly a gay tween with a deep, dark soul, a hot twin, and thickly calloused fingertips?

me: Or are are you just googlebaiting me?


Sent at 9:26 AM on Monday

googlebaiting by Haneru March 16, 2009

Googlebating 

Entering your own name in a narcissistic search for website hits.

I kill hella' time googlebating at work.

Googlebating by Smet April 4, 2006

Google Baiting 

To Google bait is to tempt Google's suggestion bar feature by typing in a random phrase and seeing what it advises you to finish the phrase with and search for. It is a proven cure for boredom, as there is a high frequency of crazy-ass shit showing up.

Jimmy: Yo, what you doin', homeboy?

Johnny: Yo, I'm Google baiting. I'm so bored, I been doin' this shit all afternoon. I typed in "Is George Bush" and google suggested "Jewish?" and "a reptilian?". I nearly died LOLing.

Jimmy: Yo, that's so silly, dude. I mean, everyone knows that Dubya's a reptile, right?

Google Baiting by noah91 November 16, 2009

googleblasting 

A novel practice engaged in by cyberspammers, who abuse free sites like OpenDiary and LiveJournal by creating pages that have links to their websites. Since the Google scoring system that elevates a page to the top of a list depends on the number of pages that link to a target site, the practice supposedly raises a page's ranking on Google (and other search engines). It is prohibited by most of the sites where it is practiced.

"Dear Diarymaster, this site violates the terms and conditions, it is googleblasting a sex site to improve its ranking."

googleblasting by [e-mail] October 20, 2008

Googlelating 

Adjective: Describes the personal state / activity of using Google, which I have nick-named the Googlelator, to research anything from the mundane to the profound. Often used in relation to spontaneous Google use prompted by one's immeditate situation.

Verb: The act of using Google.

Adjective: What are you doing right now? I am Googlelating Jackson Browne's birthday.
Verb: When is Jackson Browne's birthday? Let me Googlelate it.

Googlelating by Wendi G February 28, 2010

Googlebating 

Verb to web search for an answer you are already certain of, to prove a useless point in an internet argument.

He's off googlebating the history of monster trucks to prove grave digger was a one off. That smug bastard.

Googlebating by thebottlefarm March 15, 2019