Troogle Attempts Creation Google Conspiracy… but Fails!
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009I just had my attention directed towards ‘Troogle‘, via Pixites, who are uncovering the truth about Google on a WordPress blog. The first post on their page basically states Google (and 4 other companies) are conspiring to take over the internet (mirror) and they’re going to start talking about it on a site called The New Web Project (mirror). It urges people to keep an eye on that site. That’s when my bullshit alert went off. Maybe earlier. Someone dropping some secret papers right in front of the feet of an anti-Goole blogger seemed a little too convenient.
So I looked up who registered The New Web Project. A quick Whois (mirror) showed John Nijenroode. So I figured I’d check out who he is. So I ran his name through Google (ironic, I know) and found his Twitter account, even the username matches his email address. In his bio he claims to be a blogger for Troogle (mirror) and the Troogle blog says the same (mirror).
If you’re gonna invent conspiracies, at least be more crafty and make it believable… And turn on domain privacy!
