Putting Things On Top Of Other Things

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Looking for Searchnuggets? Please read on. As previously announced, Searchnuggets has reappeared under a new name – bigger, faster, and more productive. It’s a change we had to make, in order to bring you even more engaging and though-provoking (or so we like to think) news and topics from the search business. Welcome to Things On Top!

I’m a huge fan of Monty Python, and once in a while I go to YouTube to check out some their videos. It was a fortunate coincidence that I came across the sketch about “The Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things”, while I was scouting for a new domain name for Searchnuggets.

It struck me that this sketch is really a brilliant meta-conversation on search. It’s the very essence of search – putting more relevant things on top of other, less relevant things. So what a great name for a blog dedicated to search and the user experience – thingsontop.com.

Indulge me, and check out “The Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things” on YouTube. I have to agree with Graham Chapman when he says in his speech:

The year has been a good one for the society. This year, our members have put more things on top of other things than ever before. But, I shall warn you. This is no time for complacancy. No… There are still many things, and I can not emphasize this too strongly, not on top of other things.

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At last, my favourite quote from the sketch:

For, we must never forget, that if there was not one thing that was not on top of another thing, our society would be nothing more than a meaningless body of men gathered together for no good purpose. But we flourish!

And indeed we flourish!