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Followup on Feast of Epona
The search for the source of the ‘Feast of Epona’ on June 13th continues. The topic came up again on another mailing list I’m on. This lead to some more topic searches to try and track down the source. I tried to find the source of this using both a Google and Amazon (‘Look Inside’)…
Google weirdness
This is very strange. Epona.net went from being ranked fourth on Google (keyword search for “epona”) to not even appearing in the listings! Apparently, the algorythms used to calculate page rank have been modified again and lots of people have lost their rankings. Now some pages with more misinformation then concrete information about Epona have…
ChaCha Search Engine
I just tried seaching for Epona using a new search engine, ChaCha. Interspersed with the results were sponsored ads posing as search results. That really ticked me off. If I want to see ads, then put them on the side, but do not confuse the frickin’ ads in with the actual search results. I do…
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1895 catalog of Epona artifacts available at BNF
When I’m doing heavy research, I use JSTOR, Library of Congress, and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (BNF). The BNF is a great resource. If you haven’t been to the library’s site, go visit. Imagine my surprise (and great delight!) to discover that they have an electronic copy of Salomon Reinach’s Epona, La Deesse Gauloise…