October 4, 2002

7:14 AM

It's Googlefight!! Enter two keywords and let them battle it out! I'm almost excited!!
posted by remlapm (94 comments total)

Here is the result of Microsoft vs. Linux.
posted by SandeepKrishnamurthy at 7:19 AM on October 4, 2002

Damn, Sandeep beat me to it!

early bird (1 360 000 results)
versus
worm (2 380 000 results)

The winner is:    worm   
posted by whatnot at 7:22 AM on October 4, 2002

"MetaFilter: the plastic.com it's okay to like"

MetaFilter vs. Plastic.com
posted by fredosan at 7:23 AM on October 4, 2002

Metafilter vs. Newsfilter

No contest
posted by jeremias at 7:26 AM on October 4, 2002

iraq
4 700 000 results
versus
usa
50 200 000 results


The winner is: usa
posted by vito90 at 7:29 AM on October 4, 2002

mp3 versus riaa
posted by walrus at 7:31 AM on October 4, 2002

Paul Bausch (also of Blogroots etc) has had something very much like this on his site for about six months or so, since the Google API was released.

Not to be a spoilsport or anything, but credit where due...
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:34 AM on October 4, 2002

Rock and hard place. Rock 27300000 hard place 4950000
posted by mss at 7:35 AM on October 4, 2002

Who thinks this stuff up?
posted by Durwood at 7:40 AM on October 4, 2002

Coke vs. Pepsi
Coke 1 190 000
Pepsi 842 000
posted by adnanbwp at 7:48 AM on October 4, 2002

At last, conclusive proof that "A bird in the hand" is worth more than "two in the bush".

Paper or plastic, anyone?..m
posted by carter at 7:52 AM on October 4, 2002

Interesting vs. Boring: interesting by a landside! Whoda thunk it?
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 7:54 AM on October 4, 2002

6 of One vs. Half a Dozen of the Other: quite an upset if you ask me
posted by SimStupid at 8:00 AM on October 4, 2002

David Lee Roth vs. Sammy Hagar
David Lee Roth: 231 000 results
Sammy Hagar: 41 400 results

Glad we could get that cleared up.

Aside: "I'm feeling groggy"?
posted by Johnny Assay at 8:03 AM on October 4, 2002

Mom vs. Dad.
Well, he put up a fight...
posted by MiguelCardoso at 8:05 AM on October 4, 2002

you vs. "strong bads" (wtf?)

A Winner Is You
posted by madprops at 8:07 AM on October 4, 2002

penis
4 650 000 results

versus

vagina
2 350 000 results


The winner is: penis

I don't know what this really means...
posted by delmoi at 8:12 AM on October 4, 2002

fold_and_mutilate vs hama7

y2karl vs God

dog poop vs hama7

stavrosthewonderchicken vs Foghorn Leghorn

all is right with the universe...
posted by y2karl at 8:17 AM on October 4, 2002

Wow.

US: 286 000 000 results

(vs Japan: 26 500 000 results)

One web page with the word "US" for Every US citizen :P
posted by delmoi at 8:19 AM on October 4, 2002

metafilter vs. evanizer
posted by internook at 8:25 AM on October 4, 2002

The key section of this post is I'm almost excited!!
posted by blue_beetle at 8:27 AM on October 4, 2002

Good wins out over evil (94,300,000 to 9,170,000)! Google said so. We can all sleep easy tonight.
posted by footballrabi at 8:27 AM on October 4, 2002

donkeyschlong vs dong_resin

Kafka vs Kafkaesque

monkey vs lemur

Cats vs Dogs
posted by y2karl at 8:28 AM on October 4, 2002

Feminazi vs. Asshole...hey! What do you know. There are 220,000 times as many assholes.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 8:30 AM on October 4, 2002

Some old, geek grudge matches finally settled:
Batman beat Superman
Pac-Man beat Frogger
Fairies beat Unicorns
posted by picea at 8:32 AM on October 4, 2002

Why do I keep getting this message when I hit submit:

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/compare.pl on this server.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Apache/1.3.19 Server at www.googlefight.com Port 80

Hope me, administrator!
posted by Ufez Jones at 8:32 AM on October 4, 2002

slashdotted vs metafiltered
posted by ook at 8:33 AM on October 4, 2002

Chicken vs. egg = Forbidden You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/compare.pl on this server.

I guess we'll never know...

(on preview: what Ufez said)
posted by thatweirdguy2 at 8:33 AM on October 4, 2002

This is a great site! People are very creative with their keywords (my choice of bagpipes vs banjos pales in comparison). I think I've crashed the site, though - I was looking at the top fights of all time after suggesting 6 of one vs half a dozen of the other for a top fight when I started getting messages that I wasn't authorized to use the site. Now how am I going to entertain myself this morning?
posted by kate_fairfax at 8:33 AM on October 4, 2002

This is the perfect arena for a battle of the bands scenario, methinks.The Four Tops smack The Ramones' collective ass.
posted by robself at 8:36 AM on October 4, 2002

Ouch: Zeldman (63,800) versus Nielsen (1,960,000)
posted by dayvin at 8:39 AM on October 4, 2002

Ho vs Hum
posted by y2karl at 8:39 AM on October 4, 2002

Nice one internook; even though he's gone, the song remains the same. Or something like that. Hell, it's Friday, I don't know what I'm talking about.
posted by tr33hggr at 8:44 AM on October 4, 2002

we killed it.

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/compare.pl on this server.



Apache/1.3.19 Server at www.googlefight.com Port 80
posted by trioperative at 8:52 AM on October 4, 2002

*cough*

Spellweb.

Record created on 13-Feb-1998
posted by dhartung at 8:54 AM on October 4, 2002

Honey 3,710,000

vs. Vinegar 880,000
posted by whtsherbkt at 8:56 AM on October 4, 2002

Robert Smith vs. Barbara Streisand.

winner: The pudgy one.
posted by trioperative at 8:57 AM on October 4, 2002

According to the Google Smackdown site (that stavros linked to) the Beatles are bigger than Jesus Christ.

Beatles (2,200,000)
Jesus Christ (2,020,000)

John Lennon knew what is he was talking about.
posted by Vek at 9:00 AM on October 4, 2002

-is
posted by Vek at 9:01 AM on October 4, 2002

Woohoo! Chicago beats New York! And San Francisco! But not L.A.
posted by me3dia at 9:03 AM on October 4, 2002

Poopy Head vs Farty Pants
posted by Trampas at 9:09 AM on October 4, 2002

Sex vs Sleep
Sex: 62,200,000 results           Sleep: 10,100,000 results.
posted by Grod at 9:14 AM on October 4, 2002

dayvin: make it fair...

"jeffrey zeldman" 13 400 results
versus
"jakob nielson" 3 350 results

The winner is: "jeffrey zeldman"
posted by o2b at 9:15 AM on October 4, 2002

I got it to work, and the a-list still beats out the newbies.
posted by Ufez Jones at 9:20 AM on October 4, 2002

Love vs Hate
posted by Grod at 9:22 AM on October 4, 2002

Looks: 15,500,000
Personality: 4,120,000

Not that I'm bitter.
posted by mathis23 at 9:23 AM on October 4, 2002

monkey vs. robot

pirate vs. ninja
posted by jann at 9:26 AM on October 4, 2002

o2b, when you spell Nielsen's name right, you get 186,000 results to Zeldman's 14,300. Sadly, the "king of usability" wins this one.
posted by dayvin at 9:28 AM on October 4, 2002

Andre The Giant Defeats Hulk Hogan!
But it was close.
posted by neilkod at 9:31 AM on October 4, 2002

I wanted to try LL Cool J vs Kool Moe Dee but it looks like we've gotten the best of googlefight.
posted by neilkod at 9:33 AM on October 4, 2002

Satan: 2 060 000 versus
Santa: 13 800 000

This actually surprised me! I thought they would be a lot closer. Thanks to johnnyboy for his dyslexic devil worshipper joke.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 9:35 AM on October 4, 2002

Access to results forbidden at work, alas, but I can't wait to try:

bovril vs marmite
king kong vs godzilla
flamingo vs penguin
siegfried sassoon vs vidal sassoon
abc vs xyz
asap vs pdq
1 vs 0
posted by nthdegx at 9:43 AM on October 4, 2002

And the current results for Mary-Kate vs. Ashley Olsen:

FORBIDDEN.
posted by poq at 9:50 AM on October 4, 2002

Bill Clinton beats George Bush
Letterman beats Leno
Oprah beats Letterman
War beats Peace

Love this.
posted by CunningLinguist at 9:52 AM on October 4, 2002

Both have a double meaning....
posted by benjh at 9:59 AM on October 4, 2002

pankakes vs kittens
posted by john_son at 10:15 AM on October 4, 2002

West Coast beats East Coast

McCoys beat Hatfields
posted by thatweirdguy2 at 10:16 AM on October 4, 2002

In the battle of the (non-MeFi) communities, we have semi-finals of:

Fark vs. Kuro5hin

and

Plastic vs. Slashdot

in the finals it's: Plastic vs. Kuro5hin....Grand champ is Plastic (yeah, it's kind of cheap to use a word that will appear numerous times not related to the site, but screw it, it's just for fun.)


And in the MeFi spin-off spectacular...
Blogroots vs. Sportsfilter
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:23 AM on October 4, 2002

sex vs chocolate

I knew it!
posted by feelinglistless at 10:24 AM on October 4, 2002

yippee...!

gay
21 700 000
v.
straight
11 000 000
posted by amberglow at 10:30 AM on October 4, 2002

The High Road swamps The Path Less Chosen (makes sense)
Mary Ann beats Ginger (natch)
TV Buffy edges Movie Buffy (I want a recount)
Four of a Kind beats A Straight Flush (!)

Nice diverting link, remlapm. Thanks
posted by joaquim at 10:32 AM on October 4, 2002

conneticut vs. conecticut

geroge vs. goerge

title:Untitled vs. lorem ipsum (a close one)

For some reason, I like googling for typos and mistakes.
posted by kurumi at 10:35 AM on October 4, 2002

prostitute vs. virgin
posted by xmattxfx at 10:36 AM on October 4, 2002

Well, whaddya know. It really is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
posted by snarkywench at 10:49 AM on October 4, 2002

Me vs. You is sort of a difficult result to interpret. (Did I win or did YOU win?)
posted by originalname37 at 11:11 AM on October 4, 2002

gin:1 080 000
vs.
vodka: 692 000

socialist: 1 140 000
vs.
capitalist: 690 000

"Well finally those capitalist pigs will pay for their crimes, hey comrads?"
posted by escher at 11:29 AM on October 4, 2002

us v. them
posted by crunchland at 11:32 AM on October 4, 2002

Steve Jobs beats Bill Gates.
posted by Fofer at 12:06 PM on October 4, 2002

Ha!
My Dad beats Your Dad!
Take That!
posted by bonehead at 12:16 PM on October 4, 2002

(This is addictive)

Paper beats Rock, and
Rock beats Scissors,
BUT!
Paper beats Scissors!

Waaaa! Playtime was ruined!
posted by bonehead at 12:21 PM on October 4, 2002

Elvis vs. Beatles
posted by y2karl at 12:26 PM on October 4, 2002

(last one, i promise)

Sign of the apocalypse #5150:

"Vodka Martini" beats "Gin Martini"
posted by bonehead at 12:27 PM on October 4, 2002

fighting in the captain's tower...
posted by y2karl at 12:37 PM on October 4, 2002

drugs: 9,130,000

vs.

religion: 13,600,000
posted by macinchik at 12:45 PM on October 4, 2002

God beats Mike Ditka!
posted by mooseindian at 12:47 PM on October 4, 2002

My kitty vs. Hello Kitty
posted by y2karl at 12:52 PM on October 4, 2002

We could just skip the duel...
posted by Verdant at 12:59 PM on October 4, 2002

Anus Presley vs Creamed Corn from the Socket of Davis.
posted by monkeymike at 1:21 PM on October 4, 2002

Whoooo Hooooo!!!!!!
~wipes sweat from brow~ That was a little too close for comfort.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 1:39 PM on October 4, 2002

Well, now I know.
posted by yhbc at 1:43 PM on October 4, 2002

Linuxkitty.com vrs Linuxkitty.org

Linuxkitty wins!
posted by feelinglistless at 1:47 PM on October 4, 2002

Am I hot or not?
posted by eddydamascene at 2:53 PM on October 4, 2002

Buffy vs. Willow.

See -- Xander didn't need to step in at all. (God, I'm such a geek. I really should get away from my TV more often.)
posted by aine42 at 2:53 PM on October 4, 2002

google smackdown (195)

googlefight (177)
posted by anildash at 4:10 PM on October 4, 2002

Never having gotten over fighting with my sister when we were kids, though I love her dearly now:

Bill vs. Joanne

For once I win in a landslide! Woohoo
posted by billsaysthis at 4:35 PM on October 4, 2002

try islamic extremist vs christian extremist.....the winner will surprise you
posted by hoopyfrood at 5:12 PM on October 4, 2002

Spy

vs

Spy.

And the winner is...
posted by agentfresh at 5:46 PM on October 4, 2002

"In AD 2101, War was beginning. What happen? Somebody set up us the bomb. We get signal. What! Main screen turn on. It's you!! How are you gentlemen!! All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction. What you say!! You have no chance to survive make your time HA HA HA HA ... Take off every 'zig'. You know what you doing Move 'zig' for great justice." VS. "There's an old saying in Tennessee, I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee. Fool me once, shame on... shame on you. Fool me -- can't get fooled again."

posted by eddydamascene at 6:06 PM on October 4, 2002

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis vs. Pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism
posted by Wet Spot at 6:11 PM on October 4, 2002

Dark Angel vs. Buffy.
posted by emf at 11:18 PM on October 4, 2002

Dick York vs Dick Sargent
posted by anastasiav at 12:23 PM on October 5, 2002

Going for quantity over quality
a 1770 000 000 results
versus
i 682 000 000 results

i guess we have our winning letter
posted by NGnerd at 2:21 PM on October 5, 2002

Point of note, perhaps: I used googlefight for a practical purpose at work, today. Following a telephone call I found myself needing to fax a Mr. Stewart, but had forgotten to clarify the spelling. As it wasn't a vital issue to know for certain I threw it into googlefight.

Stewart beats Stuart.
posted by nthdegx at 2:35 AM on October 8, 2002

ultra late to the party, having discovered the link by other means and dug this post up checking for a double before i posted...
Particle Man vs. Universe Man
posted by juv3nal at 1:37 AM on October 9, 2002