I 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!
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4 responses to “Troogle Attempts Creation Google Conspiracy… but Fails!”
Just in case google might take every source online here is a youtube movie about it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWNk1jrM4CA 😆
John Nijenroode forever.. what a nub 😛
Some more info.
John Nijenroode is an Ex-Google Netherlands employee. He got fired last year.
Seems he is mad now and tries to discover conspiracy theories.
Huh? Are you guys dumb?
@Klaus: first of all, I already showed that the conspiracy is completely fake. So what do you mean ‘just in case’… and second of all: Google OWNS YouTube. LOL.
@’conspiracy’: I’m not buying it. Who are you? My take on it is he started blogging on why Google’s bad (and actually had some good points), but then found that nobody was reading his blog… So then he figured he’d start a conspiracy theory and create some buzz for himself. Hasn’t really worked though. Still just 30 followers on Twitter, hehe.
Hilarious … the thing about this is that the readers of this anti-google blog are going to be more likely to actually believe the story. Feed the audience what they already believe, right?