Loch Ness Monster Google Logo Marks 81st Anniversary Of Famously Hoaxed Loch Ness Photograph
Google Doodle offers theory of how the "Surgeon's Photo" came to be, while Google Maps lets you keep searching for the legendary monster.
Topic: Hoax
No, That’s Not Someone Having A Baby On Google Street View
This morning, there is a lot of buzz around a Google Street View Image that shows a woman giving birth to a baby. You can see the image below or on Twitpic. The bottom line, this is a fake image. How do I know? Google tweeted that it was fake. Google said on their German […]
April Fools 2010 From Google & Others
Today is a worst/best day for journalists or bloggers, depending on your worldview: April Fools Day. Many technology companies come out and try to fool people with fake or funny news. Below is a collection of, what appears to be, April Fools Day hoaxes from Google and other search related companies for the day. I […]
Live Blogging SXSW: RIP Jeff Goldblum, Truth Vs. Web BS
Mediagazer’s Megan McCarthy is presenting a short talk called RIP Jeff Goldblum: Truth vs. Web BS . With computer in hand, here’s a live blogging of it, with some tips for those trying to ferret out truth from fiction. On June 25 last year, Farrah Fawcett died. Then stories on Twitter and elsewhere about Michael […]
Stephen Colbert Does Send-Up Of Twitter & Jeff Goldblum Death Rumor
Last week, we covered how a rumor that Jeff Goldblum was dead spread on Twitter and even Google . This week, Stephen Colbert did a great send-up of the rumor, including a visit by Goldblum himself. The clip starts out with Colbert saying: “I was on the Twitter this weekend, and I saw a tweetening […]
Jeff Goldblum Is NOT Dead (Despite What Google Says)
I can’t believe I’m writing this post. But on a day when both Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson have died, people are clearly ready to believe anything. And a rumor that Jeff Goldblum has passed away is making the rounds, unable to be squashed because all the sites talking about it keep crashing under the […]
April Fools’ Day 2009: Google CADIE & More From Search Industry
It is days like this I dread as a reporter. Today is April Fools Day, and you need to be on the lookout for what is real news and what is fake news. Below, a roundup of some of the April Fools hoaxes from the search industry, starting with Google. With Google, it all starts […]
Doing A Fake Story For Linkbait? Disclose — Or Face The Wrath Of Google
Link baiting entered a new area last week when Lyndon Antcliff had success with a fake story being picked up by some mainstream media sites as well as social news sites. Controversy erupted over the tactic, and now it likely will go into a second cycle after Google’s Matt Cutts has suggested that Google might […]
April Fools 2008 : The Search Industry’s Recap
Happy April Fools Day! April Fools can be a fun but scary day for news reporters like myself. On one hand, we get to make up stories and fool people into thinking they are real. On the other hand, we have to determine which news stories are real and which are fake and not be […]
Google TV Rumors Not Legit
Over the weekend two YouTube videos were released, the first named How to Sign Up for GoogleTV Beta and then a follow up named UPDATE: GoogleTV Beta. Both are attempts by the video author to prove that Google TV is a real thing. But so far, everyone reporting this knocks it down as elaborate hoax. […]