Searching for Searching's sake?

“People are searching for Keyword “Lilian Sykes Award”. Hmmm… we figure it out and find some clue about this words means.”
http://anakbawang.com/lillian-sykes-award.html

http://www.usposttoday.com/lillian-sykes-award/

http://currenttopix.net/

http://askville.amazon.com/Watch-Lillian-Sykes-Award-2010/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=67947785

Okay, so the other day I talked about how influential Google.com and other internet sources are. I emphasized how they influence the world, even the established institutions like Wall Street, and Big Daddy Government, but the quote and search above really tickled me.

I saw that Lillian Sykes Award was the number one search on Google.com and so I went searching for information on this award. All the web sites I went to had the same article that I have quoted above. On Google’s first results page, there was virtually no other info.

Anybody remember Chicken Little? This was the fable about one hysterical chicken, and her misconception, turning the crowd into a mob. The writer of this Lillian Sykes article, quoted above didn’t even spell Lillian correctly; forget about the grammar and lack of solid information. Yet, all of these links listed above were found on the first Google search result page, and they all used this poorly written article. Am I missing something?

It’s frightening to think this is the number 1 search, when there’s a world’s worth of information available to us.

IMHO, we need to instruct, and not just inform, or maybe the sky really will start falling.