Shmoogle
A Google randomizer to get research results in random order
Initiator(s)
Missdata
Description
Shmoogle is a Google randomiser. When you type your query into Shmoogle, you get Google's results but in random order. In one click Shmoogle instantly neutralizes the PageRank hierarchy and the whole SEO industry induced by it. Missdata, questions the implications and significance of the digital paradigm in which we live. She proposes different alternatives to daily digital tools. Her proposals are less efficient but more human, making a (mis)use of available platforms such as Google. The project has been fighting a long battle with Google. Since it was first reported in the media, Google have been blocking it on and off. The initiator is currently working on a way to bypass this block.
Goals
Her work examines how digital data redefine archaic questions about identity, memory, history and knowledge.
Beneficial outcomes
Data information is presented in a different way (randomly, not controlled by authors or financial interests).
Location
Online, Israel
Users
Everyone
Maintained by
Missdata
Duration
2005 - ongoing
Category
Scientific
Pedagogical
Politics
Urban Development
Economy
Environment
Social
