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Does Google penalize for using Babble Fish?
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| Bob Green 2007-11-20, 6:18 pm |
| I have been using the AltaVista "Babble Fish" language translator on a
number of my clients pages. I'm just curious (paranoid) if Google might
penalize for having links to other search engines.
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| Blinky the Shark 2007-11-20, 6:18 pm |
| Bob Green wrote:
> I have been using the AltaVista "Babble Fish" language translator on a
> number of my clients pages. I'm just curious (paranoid) if Google might
> penalize for having links to other search engines.
Is that a different service than AV's Babel Fish?
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| Bob Green 2007-11-20, 6:18 pm |
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"Blinky the Shark" <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote in message
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> Bob Green wrote:
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> Is that a different service than AV's Babel Fish?
Nope, just my laziness showing through in not verifying spelling.
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| Blinky the Shark 2007-11-20, 6:18 pm |
| Bob Green wrote:
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> "Blinky the Shark" <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote in message
> news:slrnfk6apu.f52.no.spam@thurston.blinkynet.net...
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> Nope, just my laziness showing through in not verifying spelling.
Gotcha. With it spelled "Babble" in both the Subject header and the
body, and *never* being spelled "Babel", I sort of ruled out that it was
just a typo.
For the record, if you care, here's where the name comes from. The first
paragraph is all you really need to get the connection with the
Alta Vista *translator*. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Babel
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| Mark Goodge 2007-11-20, 6:18 pm |
| On 20 Nov 2007 21:24:35 GMT, Blinky the Shark put finger to keyboard
and typed:
>Bob Green wrote:
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>Gotcha. With it spelled "Babble" in both the Subject header and the
>body, and *never* being spelled "Babel", I sort of ruled out that it was
>just a typo.
>
>For the record, if you care, here's where the name comes from. The first
>paragraph is all you really need to get the connection with the
>Alta Vista *translator*. :)
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Babel
Don't you mean this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babel_fish
(The fish is, of course, named after the tower, but the translator is
named after the fish).
Mark
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| Blinky the Shark 2007-11-20, 6:18 pm |
| Mark Goodge wrote:
> On 20 Nov 2007 21:24:35 GMT, Blinky the Shark put finger to keyboard
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> Don't you mean this:
No, I meant what I linked: the *origin* of "babel" (as versus "babble")
in this context. I wasn't explaining "fish". He spelled "fish"
correctly. We can assume he knows what a fish is. ;)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babel_fish
Yes, that's an intermediary connection to "babel" and it brings in
"fish" (which was not contested).
> (The fish is, of course, named after the tower, but the translator is
> named after the fish).
Yes, I've read THHGTTG. :)
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| John Hosking 2007-11-20, 6:18 pm |
| Blinky the Shark wrote:
> Bob Green wrote:
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> Gotcha. With it spelled "Babble" in both the Subject header and the
> body, and *never* being spelled "Babel", I sort of ruled out that it was
> just a typo.
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> For the record, if you care, here's where the name comes from.
The name "Babel", you mean.
> The first paragraph is all you really need to get the
> connection with the Alta Vista *translator*. :)
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Babel
For the name "Babel Fish", the origin is discussed at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babelfish
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| Blinky the Shark 2007-11-20, 10:16 pm |
| John Hosking wrote:
> Blinky the Shark wrote:
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> The name "Babel", you mean.
Yes. Note how it appears right there in my post. Notice that it was
babel/babble I was discussing. Not fish/phish/fiche.
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> For the name "Babel Fish", the origin is discussed at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babelfish
As was shown by someone else's link to that page, earlier.
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| Mark Goodge 2007-11-21, 3:16 am |
| On 20 Nov 2007 22:06:35 GMT, Blinky the Shark put finger to keyboard
and typed:
>Mark Goodge wrote:
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>No, I meant what I linked: the *origin* of "babel" (as versus "babble")
>in this context.
You are aware, I presume, that "babble" is simply the modern English
spelling of "babelen", the Middle English verb derived from the name
"Babel"? So the OP may not have been quite as far off the point as it
looked. :-)
Mark
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| Blinky the Shark 2007-11-21, 6:15 am |
| Mark Goodge wrote:
> On 20 Nov 2007 22:06:35 GMT, Blinky the Shark put finger to keyboard
> and typed:
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> You are aware, I presume, that "babble" is simply the modern English
> spelling of "babelen", the Middle English verb derived from the name
> "Babel"? So the OP may not have been quite as far off the point as it
> looked. :-)
OF COURSE, which is why I pointed He Who Wrote "Babble" to the story of
Babel. :)
(I didn't know the OE/ME intermediaries in the etymology, which are less
important in the context of this thread than the original and the
current words.)
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| Secret Agent X 2007-11-21, 6:17 pm |
| Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:
>For the record, if you care, here's where the name comes from. The first
>paragraph is all you really need to get the connection with the
>Alta Vista *translator*. :)
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>[cut stupid advert]
Try the Bible. You'll find the tower of Babel in the old Testament,
much more reliable than unmoderated public edited sources which are
for ever having deliberate misinformation posted in them.
X
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| Kim André Akerĝ 2007-11-21, 6:17 pm |
| Blinky the Shark wrote:
> John Hosking wrote:
> translator on >>>>> a number of my clients pages.
> the >> body, and never being spelled "Babel", I sort of ruled out
> that it was >> just a typo.
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> Yes. Note how it appears right there in my post. Notice that it was
> babel/babble I was discussing. Not fish/phish/fiche.
Or fish/phish/fiche/ghoti... ;-)
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| Blinky the Shark 2007-11-21, 6:17 pm |
| Kim André Akerĝ wrote:
> Blinky the Shark wrote:
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> Or fish/phish/fiche/ghoti... ;-)
That one, too. :)
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| Blinky the Shark 2007-11-21, 6:17 pm |
| (Secret Agent X) wrote:
> Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:
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A link to Wiki is an ad. Yeah, right.
[color=darkred]
> Try the Bible. You'll find the tower of Babel in the old Testament,
> much more reliable than unmoderated public edited sources which are
> for ever having deliberate misinformation posted in them.
So, in the thread on 403 errors you accused me of flaming you. Since I
didn't, I asked you to point to the flame. You didn't respond. Perhaps
you realized that nothing I posted to you was flamage and just ducked
out.
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