ATTENTION: ANIMAL-RIGHTS LOBBY

Are you aware that Internet search engine Google uses pigeons to rank Web pages? This blog is not making this up--Google's Web site features an information page about their patented PigeonRank system, which displays hundreds of thousands of Web page matches instantaneously. Google doesn't seem at all sheepish about this, noting that "most traditional search engines...typically rely on birds of prey." So when Yahoo! takes three whole minutes to load, is half the flock out hunting?