It is not as if the Idea of Progress has been posting with any of the frequency of the past, but a recent event has disrupted even this, the fragile regularity of tIoP’s posts.
The Idea of Progress was framed.
Google was lead to believe that tIoP was a spam blog.

Google claims that this was [...]

According to Technorati, The Idea of Progress is the 238,665 most popular blog out there.
If you Google “The Idea of Progress,” this blog is currently the 11th hit.
Since its inception, the Idea of Progress has received 9,085 visitors. Five of them were searching for ‘“happy idea” chicken.’
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Most days I check to see what search terms have brought readers to the Idea of Progress. Usually they are something like “teleubbies” or “What do tannins taste like in wine?” (which are my top 2 terms). But today I found something kinda inexplicable.
“Happy Idea” chicken.
What the hell does that mean? What [...]

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I spend a good ten minutes crafting the finest picture of a whale clad in trousers that the world has ever witnessed. I label the file “Mr. Splashy Pants.” I label the post “Mr. Splashy Pants.” I use the name ‘Mr. Splashy Pants’ about a dozen times in the post.
Go to Google [...]

Go to Google.
Enter “The Idea of Progress“
First page.
There it is.
The Idea of Progress.
But it’s not #1.
Yet.
Keep up the good work. We’ll get there.
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Big news everybody! Gather round, gather round…The Idea of Progress has moved from page four of Google when you search for The Idea Of Progress all the way to page 2!!!
There’s a certain wikiality to this. You see, “The Idea of Progress” is actually a philosophical term. I didn’t know this when [...]

Actual Google search terms that led people here (a nod to Grant Miller Media for the idea):
-people with three nipples
-”if i had seen the world”
-elvis costello asshole
-famous popular musicians
-geico insurance cabbage patch kids commercials
-girls with assault rifles
-put syrup on pacifier
-teleubbies
-fuck ron paul
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You don’t need to aimlessly click around the internets looking for something to kill time with. I’ve done that for you.
-Why would you want to play something as boring as the Sims? If you’re malicious enough, you can make their little AI lives miserable.
From Crooks and Liars.
-Belgian courts have finally done something that [...]

On a previous post, I misspelt the word ‘Teletubbies,” as “Teleubbies.” Months later, the top search term used to find this blog is still ‘Teleubbies.” Even more than Ron Paul.
I had corrected the post to be spelled correctly, but type “teleubbies” into Google and you still end up here. It’s made me [...]