This is like one of those Broadway musicals that never seems to end.

Or the prairie-dweller joke: When your girl breaks up with you, its three days of walking before she's out of sight.

Yes I am aware of that. It doesn't matter. People are going to click on bitcoin links. The first post is fulled with great, positive information and nice graphics.

Here's a link the interactive google map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://c1958612.r12.cf0.rackcdn.com/bitcoin.kml

This was done by MAGICALTUX in this thread:


http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=2346.0

Just for fun I started gathering IPs reported by bitcoin clients and make a database of unique ips and test which ones are live, which ones are not.

Since there are ~1200 bitcoin connected to the irc channel I was assuming to find a similar value, but right now I'm still querying nodes and got over 6000 nodes (for now about 25% are accepting inbound connections).

Anyway since it's probably not telling you much, I transformed the ips in coordinates, and made a google kml file anyone can see in google maps (suggested by slush_cz)

UPDATE: Now the node color on google maps tells you if that node accept connections or not.

    GREEN means the node has its firewall correctly configured and accept connections from other nodes
    RED means we were unable to connect to the node (it is either down, or do not accept connections)
    WHITE means the node is still in the queue, and will be checked soon

UPDATE 2: Now only nodes I heared about from other nodes within the last 3 hours are taken into account. The other nodes are excluded from the map and other stats (except versions)

 

The general population will refer to the client as their bitcoin wallet anyway.

I just know it.

Your negative sentiment is one of the only "results" so far, that I'm aware of. I hope some positive, enthusiastic people visit this thread and click the article links in the original post.

Merchants can't adopt something they've never heard of, and won't accept a currency nobody has ever asked them about.

Do you have another suggestion?

The important thing is we search for the same phrase.

Its a controversial idea. The goal is to get hits.

BITCOIN SCAM yields this link as 2nd hit:

http://virtuallyshocking.com/2011/05/22/why-bitcoin-is-smart-and-not-a-scam/

Good idea this will attract lots of hits.

Everyone add BITCOIN SCAM to your googlebomb searches.

Question: does searching from other computers on the same ISP increase keyword ranking?

I'm joking.

The first hits i get for the two search terms are positive articles:

http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/bitcoin-peer-to-peer-virtual-currency.html

http://bitcoinweekly.com/articles/bitcoin-what-s-it-backed-by

What. Have. We. Done.

You're wrong. We need traffic as much as we need the marketplace.

Whats the first thing you need before you start a business? A market.

Are suggesting that people will be annoyed if bitcoin is at the top of google search rank?

I imagine RAWDAWG will be........  

And what does RAWDAWG do when gets annoyed?

He makes BITCOIN VIDEOS AND UPLOADS THEM ON YOUTUBE = WIN

If we can get to the top of the keyword list for today, that would be mission accomplished!

Alright lets try it. Even with our limited numbers we should still make some impact. We won't make #1 search term obviously.

Search terms are:
 1.  is bitcoin unstoppable
 2.  Bitcoin better than USD



If you see this thread, just go to google and search those phrases.

The BITCOIN Google Bomb Thread


New to bitcoin? Scroll down to learn about this new decentralized. anonymous crytocurrency.

"Google bombs" are collective efforts to link to a site by a key phrase and artificially elevate a Web site in the Google search results for that search phrase. Google bombs rely heavily on the influence of PageRank.


Search terms are:
 1.  is bitcoin unstoppable
 2.  bitcoin better than USD
 3.  bitcoin scam

Simply search those phrases in google.

The reason we picked these specific terms is precisely that they are controversial in nature. That will cause many people to click links out of curiosity.

Everyone needs to pitch in here to help the searches reach the top of the rankings. We do have 30,000 forum members.

Is bitcoin a scam? Is it unstoppable? Could bitcoin be better than the USD?
We encourage people to read the many good articles below and form their own opinions.

This forum is also a very good resource if you want to learn more. (search is your friend).

Bitcoin Billboard.



What is Bitcoin: Articles, Blogs, and Videos

Bitcoin: A Peer-to-peer Electronic Cash System
Author: Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin inventor
http://www.bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

Bitcoin: Virtual money created by CPU cycles
Author: Nathan Willis, LWN
https://lwn.net/Articles/414452/

Imagine your computer as a wallet full of Bitcoins
Author: Danny O'Brien, Irish Times
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/1126/1224284180416.html

Bitcoin Electronic Currency: The Future of Money
Author: Elliott A. Prechter, www.elliottwave.com (Sept. 2010 issue)
http://www.bitcoinblogger.com/2010/09/bitcoin-electronic-currency-future-of.html



Speed Bumps on the Road to Virtual Cash
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/04/business/media/04link.html

BitCoin – How I Missed The Trade Of The Year
http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2011/06/24/bitcoin-%E2%80%93-how-i-missed-the-trade-of-the-year/

Gizmodo Australia discovers Meze Grill accepts Bitcoin:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/06/you-can-now-use-bitcoins-in-the-real-world/

German Article on Bitcoin
http://www.zeit.de/2011/27/Internet-Bitcoins




A Computer Scientist and “Gold Bug” Analyzes BitCoin
June 22nd, 2011 •
by Aaron Krowne
founder, ML-Implode.com
http://blog.ml-implode.com/2011/06/a-computer-scientist-and-gold-bug-analyzes-bitcoin/

THE ECONOMIST
Bits and bob
Bitcoin has got geeks excited. What about economists?
Jun 16th 2011 | from the print edition
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/06/virtual-currency

Bitcoin: Comes out swinging off the ropes
Posted by ravenwarrior ⋅ June 29, 2011 ⋅
http://thedailyattack.com/2011/06/29/bitcoin-comes-out-swinging-off-the-ropes/

Molly Explains Bitcoins: Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LaSrxtWfgc



Bitcoin Digital Wallet App Hits Android Market
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/07/bitcoin-android-app/



THE OBSERVER
New Money: Those 500K Bitcoins That Caused a ‘Flash Crash’ Weren’t Real
http://www.observer.com/2011/07/those-500-k-bitcoins-that-caused-a-flash-crash-werent-real/

PC WORLD
Faked Bitcoins Caused Price Crash, Exchange Reveals
http://www.pcworld.com/article/234890/faked_bitcoins_caused_price_crash_exchange_reveals.html

Cash Is Dying. Long Live Dollars
http://gizmodo.com/5818675/cash-is-dying-long-live-dollars

World Map Showing the distribution of bitcoin client users across the globe.
Source: MagicalTux
Forum Thread Link: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=2346.0
Interactive Google Map link: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://c1958612.r12.cf0.rackcdn.com/bitcoin.kml

Google, facebook, Myspace, are FREE services. People don't need to trust them. Using these services is like having a friend with benefits. Becoming a bitcoin user involves a little more commitment, a little more trust. In some cases, A LOT.

So I propose Bitcoin will not be abandoned as readily as you suggest. Bitcoin isn't a fickle adventure like some long-forgotten internet upstarts. Bitcoin's properties never change.
 
 *cue 80's dance music*
 *Rick Astley swaggers in from stage left*

"Never gonna give you up...."

Is this still on? I might be interested.

can i get a slot? too late?