Google has been penalizing this site in its search rankings for years and a Google employee lied about it. Since they have almost killed this site, I am going to start releasing details on Monday August 17 of my conversation with the Google employee who told me about the penalty in secret. This will culminate in my release of an MBOX file including full headers. More here.

Google has been penalizing this site in its search rankings for years and a Google employee lied about it. I am going to start releasing details on Monday August 17 of my conversation with the Google employee who told me about the penalty in secret. More here.

Google has been penalizing this site in its search rankings for years and a Google employee lied about it. Details of my conversation with the Google employee who told me about the penalty in secret start Monday August 17. More here.

Google has been lying about the penalty against this site for years. My conversation with the Google employee who told me about the penalty starts dropping August 17. More here.

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404

adjective

missing or misplaced.
My car keys are 404.
This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. It will be saved from deletion if legitimate citations are found.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: lost, missing, misplaced.
Last edited on Jul 29 2012. Submitted by Eric B. from Fort Worth, TX, USA on Aug 10 1998.

noun

an unintelligent person; "moron"; "dimwit".
I wouldn't ask him, he's a 404.
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- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent person, idiot.
Last edited on Jul 29 2012. Submitted by Walt W. from Natick, Massachusetts, USA on Jun 17 2003.
a worthless person, place, or thing.
Don't go to that bar - it's a 404.
This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. It will be saved from deletion if legitimate citations are found.
- See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: uncool person, jerk, asshole (general insults - list of).
Last edited on Jul 29 2012. Submitted by Robbie G. from Stroud, Hampshire, UK on Feb 13 2006.

verb

to not know or temporarily forget; "draw a blank".
Sorry, I'm 404ing.
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- See more words with the same meaning: to forget.
Last edited on Jul 29 2012. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 04 2009.

origin

404 is the web code for "web page not found."
Last edited on Jul 17 2007. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 17 2007.

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AKA

noun

an alias.
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Last edited on Sep 02 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

other

acronym of "Also Known As."
My name is Jessica aka Jess.

Citation from "Mr. Bob's Toddler Kaleidoscope", Up All Night (TV), Season 1 Episode 5 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
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Last edited on Oct 06 2015. Submitted by Nilserik Sruzell from Halmstad, Sweden on Aug 10 1998.