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THE NUMBER OF THE AXL

 Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 at 11:00am by

axl rosenbergGoogle’s search algorithm is a funny thing. For example, I just switched web browsers (to Google Chrome… which smokes Firefox in speed if you’re wondering), and though I imported all of my settings not everything made the cut. When I went to type “numberoftheblog” into the address bar the auto-fill wasn’t working, so I just hit return and ended up with a google search for “Number of the Blog metal.” And the number three result was MetalSucks. We be linkin’ to Number of the Blog and they be linkin’ to us, so for some reason Google decides to include us in a search result for their site. The Internets!

Anyhoo, remember when “deseee” (don’t ask me how to pronounce that) of TNOTB interviewed me? (Part 1 and Part 2) Somehow he managed to convince Axl to lay off the bong long enough to put together some pretty coherent and funny answers to deseee’s equally serious and ridiculous questions. ‘Cause my buddy Axl’s a “moderately successful metal blogger” (his own words). Sample:

Why SOOOOOOOO much advertising on the site?

What happened was, we hired Gene Simmons to sell ads for us, and we told him we’d give him a cut of any banners he sold. Suddenly, ads fucking everywhere. Damndest thing.

Read the whole interview at The Number of the Blog. It’s scintillating!

-VN

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  • http://thenumberoftheblog.com/ groverXIII

    Most annoyingly is the fact that the number one result is the old WordPress page that we haven’t used in a couple of months. Goddammit. Guess it’s time to delete it!

    I think “deseee” is pronounced like “Desiree”…

    Also, thanks to Axl for putting up with some pretty antagonistic shit in that interview. He was a good sport and had some pretty funny answers.

  • FlyingDadBomb

    Axl, if you’re reading this, I hope you NEVER mention that video ever again. That was very horrifying.

  • Sammy

    Yes, Chrome does smoke Firefox, and the bookmarks bar is an awesome feature. And holy fuck! The characters I have to enter for this comment are 6assbb (as in bareback ass??)!

    • http://thenumberoftheblog.com/ groverXIII

      Firefox has the same thing.

      • Sammy

        Then I stand corrected. But Chrome still smokes it on speed alone.

  • http://www.metality.net iRoar

    Axl, my respect for you grows day by day (like the bulge in my pants)

    This has to be the best opening answer to an interview, in the history of bloggerdom:

    “NOTB: Lets start this thing off the right way…. How big is your penis?

    Axl: Ask your mom.”

    HA…HA!!

  • Hot Donut

    Another vote for Google Chrome here. For those that were sticking of FireFox because of the addons, the latest (beta?) version of Chrome supports extensions. Obviously they don’t have as many extensions available as FireFox does, but you can get most of the important ones.

    • http://thenumberoftheblog.com/ groverXIII

      Until they get Adblock right, I’m not switching.

      • http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/ Alkahest

        Same. Adblock is too good.

    • Ziltoid

      For me to switch to Chrome, I’d need it to have Adblock, Linkification, and AutoPager.

      Until then, I’m staying with Firefox.