Google have just improved their support for wildcards in search, enabling you to search for a phrase with key elements replaced with an asterisk.
Their quoted example Glasgow is the * capital of Europe (sounds like a nice place to visit, huh?) inspired me to try something similar.
Top ten results for google search: “george bush is the biggest * in history” reveal
George Bush is the biggest drug war spender in history
George Bush is the biggest pussy president in history
George Bush is the biggest spender in American history
George W. Bush is the biggest disgrace in US history
George W. Bush is one of the biggest spendthrift presidents in history
George Bush is the biggest calamity in American history
George Bush is running the BIGGEST DEFICIT IN HISTORY
George Bush is the biggest phony to reach the Presidency in the history of America
George W. Bush is the biggest disgrace in the history
George W. Bush is the biggest liar in the history of the Presidency
I’ve wanted this feature for a while (and full regex pattern matching) but now that it’s here my mind goes blank and all I can think of doing with it is making cheap shots, however, I’m confident that this will prove very useful in the near future.
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August 11th, 2005 at 2:11 am
lol, nice search! Thanks for the wildcar tip Tim!
August 11th, 2005 at 3:27 pm
Cheers Corey. I’ve got a better one (why didn’t I think of this sooner?):
site:slashdot.org “i for one welcome our * overlords”