Schnitzelmitkartoffelsalat
Encyclopedia
Schnitzelmitkartoffelsalat (literally "Schnitzelwithpotatosalad", schnitzel with potato salad) is a German
phrase that is used to test the operations of search engines and the methods of search engine optimization
. It was first mentioned on November 15, 2002 by Steffi Abel in the newsgroup de.comm.infosystems.www.authoring.misc. It was an arbitrary phrase that had not appeared in the Google index up to that point.
The goal was to examine the way Google read different types of HTML
construction. Eventually, it became used in an unofficial contest to see which sites could receive the higher rankings. It has also become a synonym for expressions that cannot yet be found in search engine indexes.
A new expression in an April 2005 contest is Hommingberger Gepardenforelle.
These results are approximate
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
phrase that is used to test the operations of search engines and the methods of search engine optimization
Search engine optimization
Search engine optimization is the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the "natural" or un-paid search results...
. It was first mentioned on November 15, 2002 by Steffi Abel in the newsgroup de.comm.infosystems.www.authoring.misc. It was an arbitrary phrase that had not appeared in the Google index up to that point.
The goal was to examine the way Google read different types of HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
construction. Eventually, it became used in an unofficial contest to see which sites could receive the higher rankings. It has also become a synonym for expressions that cannot yet be found in search engine indexes.
A new expression in an April 2005 contest is Hommingberger Gepardenforelle.
Results in different search engines
| Search Engine | July, 2005 | April, 2006 | June, 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlltheWeb AlltheWeb AlltheWeb was an Internet search engine that made its debut in mid-1999. It grew out of FTP Search, Tor Egge's doctorate thesis at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, which he started in 1994, which in turn resulted in the formation of Fast Search and Transfer, established on July... search | 2,820 | 6,160 | - |
| AltaVista AltaVista AltaVista is a web search engine owned by Yahoo!. AltaVista was once one of the most popular search engines but its popularity declined with the rise of Google... search | 3,800 | 6,940 | - |
| Google Google Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program... search | 18,500 | 21,600 | 40.100 |
| MSN MSN MSN is a collection of Internet sites and services provided by Microsoft. The Microsoft Network debuted as an online service and Internet service provider on August 24, 1995, to coincide with the release of the Windows 95 operating system.The range of services offered by MSN has changed since its... search | Unknown | 4,588 | 2,080 (Bing) |
| Vivísimo Vivísimo Vivisimo is a privately held enterprise search software company in Pittsburgh that develops and sells software products to improve search on the web and in enterprises... search | 2,621 | 4,588 | - |
| Yahoo! Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,... search | 21,400 | 6,780 | 2,160 |
These results are approximate