Let’s get ready to rumble! Googlefight is a website that allows users to compare the number of search results returned by Google for two given strings. Which gave me the stupendously stupid idea to have all the writers and poets that populate our blogroll square off against each other in a fictitious battle for the equally fictitious “Ahadada Belt”.

Via Wikipedia:

The results are displayed graphically in a Flash animation. Two animated stick figures fight on screen after the queries are entered, and then an animated bar graph appears showing the results.

Check out the following cards and click the links to savour some poetic pugilism…

Let’s get ready to rumble!

Barbara Jane Reyes vs Kevin Wood: Googlefight!

Bob Grumman vs Ron Silliman: Googlefight!

Jim Behrle vs Brian Kim Stefans: Googlefight!

Darren Wershler-Henry vs Geof Huth: Googlefight!

Patrick Rosal vs Paolo Javier: Googlefight!

Daniel Sendecki vs Crag Hill: Googlefight!

Catherine Daly vs Eileen Tabios: Googlefight!

Mark Truscott vs Jesse Glass: Googlefight!

Jon Paul Fiorentino vs Ross Priddle: Googlefight!

Timothy Yu vs Nick Piombino: Googlefight!

Josh Corey vs Jukka-Pekka Kervinen: Googlefight!

Mike Snider vs Todd Swift: Googlefight!

rob mclennan vs Stephanie Young: Googlefight!

The Winners (in no particluar order; who live to fight another day on the road to the Ahadada Belt):

1. Kevin Wood
2. Ron Silliman
3. Jim Behrle
4. Geof Huth
5. Patrick Rosal
6. Crag Hill
7. Catherine Daly
8. Jesse Glass
9. Ross Priddle
10. Nick Piombino
11. Jukka-Pekka Kervinen
12. Mike Snider
13. Stephanie Young

Note: This is not very scientific; nor was it meant to be! I realize that names, unlike serial numbers, are not necessarily unique. For instance, a search for Jesse Glass, reveals this pipe. Nice! But until all of you have serial numbers, this is the only way I can waste my time! That really puts people like Jukka-Pekka Kervinen and me(!) at a disadvantage! I was absolutely pounded by Crag Hill!

Check back here in a few short days for the next round in “The Battle of the Blogroll”, to take place, not in the squared circle of Google, but in the hallowed halls of “Technorati“.

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here reflect those of Googlefight and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Ahadada Books!