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Google gets a touch of the ODFOs

Ben Cwilewicz

link target 

Posted Friday 27th February 2009 11:52 GMT

I assume the sublink was to a page on their domain so someone at DFO must have set it up? Where did the link take you? Anyone?

Secretgeek

Homebush. 

Posted Friday 27th February 2009 13:05 GMT

Happy

Snigger.

MYOFB

What's the Prize? 

Posted Friday 27th February 2009 13:05 GMT

Coat

I was just wondering cos I am thinking about claiming it, seeing as you're running a 'Spot the Difference' competition. . . . Well it is Friday!

1. The 'pages from Australia' radio button is selected in picture #1, 'the Web' in picture #2.

2. The 'Results' stats are missing in picture #1 but appear in picture #2.

3. The 'Search' button has a grey background in picture #1 whereas it is white in picture #2.

4. The time saving 'Tip' doesn't appear in picture #1 but does in picture #2.

5. The top and left border of the search box in picture #1 are 'emboldened' but not in picture #2.

So what have i won . . Huh, huh??!!

/ Mine's the one with a copy of 'Puzzler(tm) in the pocket /

Anonymous Coward

@ MYOFB 

Posted Friday 27th February 2009 13:28 GMT

well done, you spotted difference between rendering engines!

MYOFB

@AC 13:17 

Posted Friday 27th February 2009 16:17 GMT

Happy

ODFO you Doofus!!

Please acquire a sense of humour soon, although to gain that you would also need a life.

Geoffrey W

ODFO 

Posted Friday 27th February 2009 23:12 GMT

Happy

As far as I know Ms Bee only recently penned this epithet but there is at last one instance of it being used in the past so you can't really claim it for yourselves. Sorry

By Chris Moore in 2005:-

http://blog.chrismoore.com/index.php/archives/104

And there's even a related FaceBook group which, judging by the comments, goes back to May last year :-

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20435423687&ref=ts

Lets all join hands and ODFO together...WHEEEEEEEEE!

Damien A

The Facts 

Posted Monday 2nd March 2009 10:32 GMT

Boffin

Just to answer a few spot the difference remarks & questions.

The link actually did go to their website - right into their main index page.

MYOFB is right - well done, "Where's Wally" in that screenshot and you can have the prize... how's that for a sense of humour? : ) - The screen shot was taken firstly on the Australian Google site and the follow up was on the International site but let me assure your that both sites reflected the same information in both instances.

The discrepancy in the images would have been caused by my initial shot being taken in one browser and the second shot being taken in another (IE vs Firefox) - I had just been checking that I wasn't seeing things!

There is a link also that I have since found to someone else who found the same thing:

http://www.markrobertallen.com/2009/02/google-hates-dfo.html

Well I hope that this clears up a few things.