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The Memespread Project
A study by Computer Science student Sam Arbesman to trace the spreading of a meme, specifically in this case a webpage. Injected into the blogosphere by getting linked to by prolific weblogger Jason Kottke.

I'm sure Sam Arbesman did this for a genuine scientific study but the cynical capitalist inside can spot an opportunity here. If the project succeeds then the Google PageRank for arbesman.net is going to go through the roof. Having achieved such a rank he could then profit from the Googlejuice by selling outbound links from the site.