Was it the scariest comedy of all time, Mel Brook’s Young Frankenstein, Eric? I’m not sure, since I have an Ab Normal brain…

I meant “Abby” Normal, of course. Whichever; it wrinkles so easily.

Give that man a shine (track 29, at the Transylvania Station)!

You're right, of course. I watched the first half of "YF" on DVD this morning and was again reminded that Mel Brooks has forgotten more about the making of comedies than any of the young turk directors -- combined -- will ever know.

Blucher!...{WHINNEY}

Love that white on white text hint, Eric!

That's an innovative idea! Especially since you did it deliberately, something other sites do entirely by accident.

This could be the start of a whole different game!

"Famous Lines From Famous Movies..."

(which is a famous line from a (sort-of) famous movie, in itself... :D

Mr. Freen, as with all of my "innovations," this one was stolen from someone else! (In fact, I think I saw it as recently as last week, over on the Spare Change blog.) The technique has been around for a long time, of course; it's just a little rare to find a good application for it.

It's also a technique that can get you in big trouble with the search engines, who view the overuse of it as a sign of spamming. You know, putting a ton of irrelevant but oft-searched-for terms on your home page, and making them the same color as the background so that human eyes won't see them but the search engine spiders will index them. This is an excellent way to get banned from SEs like Google...and that is, indeed, a Very Bad Thing!

As you've gathered, I'm not all that familiar with web page design or the current consensus on SE protocol.

I have seen long paragraphs of such text, sometimes the same color, sometimes a different one. From the look of it, most search engines including Google do as much to stop such practices as eBay does to curtail disreputable sellers.

In other words, practically nothing.

Still, your use of the technique and its context was very well done, regardless of whether it was inspired by SpareChange.

(and who inspired them?)

most search engines including Google do as much to stop such practices as eBay does to curtail disreputable sellers.

In other words, practically nothing.

Au contrare...Google is quite aggressive in blackballing SE spammers. This is only one of a long list of techniques used by some sites to game the system, and some will slip through and some will not be deemed egregious enough to warrant delisting. Spammers underestimate Google's diligence and capability at their own risk.

I'll take your word for it, Eric.

I suppose the sheer number of disreputable sites must make Google a bit laggard at times. Then again judging by your own current problems with a spammer, they can be a recurring nuisance.