Round 1 - Google Vs Me

Written on Monday, August 24, 2009 by Unknown

Today, during the course of random browsing i stumbled across this small piece of interesting information.
(Produced Verbatim below from the source)
{ The Google Natural Number Game


Google employee Neil Fraser asks:


What is the smallest natural number which when Googled produces no results?


e.g. 155253458363

}
Now since this has been posted all over the net, the actual answer changed. And it has been changing rapidly since then. Last i checked it was 155253458367
and moments later it is 155253458368.
So now i have decided to take on Google search and keep updating this blog by changing the answer till google indexes it. I know I would be fighting against a machine and it might be even futile but what the heck I would atleast know how fast google crawls web (and ofcourse my blog). I am also thinking what if i end up upsetting some top brass in Google who decide to ban this blog (am using their blogging service after all.) Or I might end up having friends who think I am completely jobless (most already think so). Whatever happens, I think, is worth the risk :)
Update - They are really really fast. My blog has been indexed. The answer now is 155253458369.
155253458370 :)
One of my readers (ilango) pinged me and pointed out that the new answer is 155253458371.
Strange Things Happening...
I suddenly have noticed that the index has started moving backwards. The answer changed back to 155253458370. I was like "Did Google remove my index?".. Next day the answer was 155253458369.. And now it is 155253458368. Did i win?

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