A purposeful bomb is usually created in the following manner:
1. The initiator chooses the word(s) to be bombed with. 2. The initiator chooses the target website. 3. The initiator creates a link like this: [a href="http://example.com/"]keywords[/a] 4. The initiator then places this link on pages indexed by Google, and may get others to do the same
When Googlebot indexes and ranks web pages, the large amount of similar matches results in the word giving the targeted website a high ranking.
Google bombs often end their life by becoming too popular or well known: they typically end up being mentioned in multiple well-regarded web journals, which themselves then knock the bomb off the top spot. It is sometimes commented that Google bombing need not be countered because of this self-disassembly.
In addition, all major search engines make use of link analysis and thus can be impacted: a search for "miserable failure" on June 1, 2005 brought up the official George W. Bush biography number one on Google, Yahoo! and MSN and number two on Ask Jeeves. On June 2, 2005, Yooter reported that George Bush is now ranked first for the keyword 'failure' as well as 'miserable failure' in both Google and Yahoo!. And on September 16, 2005, Marissa Mayer wrote on Google Blog about the practice of Google bombing and the word "failure." (See Google's response below). Other large political figures have been targeted for Google bombs: on January 6, 2006, Yooter reported that Tony Blair is now indexed in the US & UK versions of Google for the keyword 'liar'.
The BBC, reporting on Google bombs in 2002, actually used the headline "Google Hit By Link Bombers," acknowledging to some degree the idea of "link bombing." In 2004, the Search Engine Watch site suggested that the term should be "link bombing" because of the impact beyond Google, and continues to use that term as it is considered more accurate.
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Ah, Googlebombing
Date: 2006-08-23 04:51 pm (UTC)From Wikipedia...
A purposeful bomb is usually created in the following manner:
1. The initiator chooses the word(s) to be bombed with.
2. The initiator chooses the target website.
3. The initiator creates a link like this: [a href="http://example.com/"]keywords[/a]
4. The initiator then places this link on pages indexed by Google, and may get others to do the same
When Googlebot indexes and ranks web pages, the large amount of similar matches results in the word giving the targeted website a high ranking.
Google bombs often end their life by becoming too popular or well known: they typically end up being mentioned in multiple well-regarded web journals, which themselves then knock the bomb off the top spot. It is sometimes commented that Google bombing need not be countered because of this self-disassembly.
In addition, all major search engines make use of link analysis and thus can be impacted: a search for "miserable failure" on June 1, 2005 brought up the official George W. Bush biography number one on Google, Yahoo! and MSN and number two on Ask Jeeves. On June 2, 2005, Yooter reported that George Bush is now ranked first for the keyword 'failure' as well as 'miserable failure' in both Google and Yahoo!. And on September 16, 2005, Marissa Mayer wrote on Google Blog about the practice of Google bombing and the word "failure." (See Google's response below). Other large political figures have been targeted for Google bombs: on January 6, 2006, Yooter reported that Tony Blair is now indexed in the US & UK versions of Google for the keyword 'liar'.
The BBC, reporting on Google bombs in 2002, actually used the headline "Google Hit By Link Bombers," acknowledging to some degree the idea of "link bombing." In 2004, the Search Engine Watch site suggested that the term should be "link bombing" because of the impact beyond Google, and continues to use that term as it is considered more accurate.
Re: Ah, Googlebombing
Date: 2006-08-23 07:03 pm (UTC)It's still funny.
Re: Ah, Googlebombing
Date: 2006-08-23 07:58 pm (UTC)fuck it, I'm a newbie!
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Date: 2006-08-23 05:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-23 05:46 pm (UTC)and you are da bomb.
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Date: 2006-08-23 07:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-25 01:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-25 01:59 pm (UTC)