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Jun. 23, 2008 at 8:48am by Barry Schwartz
John McCain's Google Bomb
Chris Bowers is trying to push in certain articles into the Google search results for a search on [john mccain]. His goal is to "Google Bomb" these articles into the search results before Labor Day. ComputerWorld has a write up on his efforts. But as Danny described in the past,...
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Feb. 21, 2008 at 6:07pm by Danny Sullivan
Bush - Tops For "Who Is A Failure" On Google
For years, US President George W. Bush was tops on Google for searches on miserable failure until last year's Googlebomb "fix" solved his problem on Google. But Bush is back, sort of. People are spotting that Bush's official White House page is ranking tops for who is a failure on...
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Jan. 30, 2008 at 8:56am by Danny Sullivan
Scientologists Google Bombed Or Not?
Just days after the one-year anniversary of Google's Google bomb fix, a new Google bomb may have gotten through -- dangerous cult, bringing up the Scientology web site, as shown above. But is it really getting past the fix? Considering one of the targeted words is being used on...
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Jan. 25, 2008 at 2:09pm by Danny Sullivan
Happy First Birthday, Google Bomb Fix!
Short but sweet -- one year ago today, a momentous event that must be recalled. Google bombing was defused. George W. Bush was no longer a miserable failure, and other mass link bombing attempts stopped working. For the most part, the Google bombing fix that Google put into place seems...
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Sep. 11, 2007 at 10:44am by Barry Schwartz
Man Arrested for Google Bombing Polish President Into Top Spot For "Kutas" (Penis)
Philipp Lenssen reports that a Polish newspaper says that a 23-year-old polish man was arrested for Google bombing. Marek W. from Cieszyn is accused of somehow causing the Polish president Lech Kaczyński's web site to rank tops for "kutas," which translates to penis. Marek reportedly used software to help produce...
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May. 9, 2007 at 1:06pm by Danny Sullivan
Google Says Stephen Colbert Is No Longer The Greatest Living American
Sadness, Colbert fans! Last month, I reported in Google Declares Stephen Colbert As Greatest Living American how Stephen Colbert had defied Google's link bombing defenses and rose to be the greatest living American, according to a search for those words at Google. Today, it is no longer so. Google...
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Apr. 20, 2007 at 12:11pm by Danny Sullivan
Google Declares Stephen Colbert As Greatest Living American
It's official. Stephen Colbert is the Greatest Living American, or at least now ranks tops for that phrase at Google. It's all come from the latest Google bombing campaign sparked off in part by Stephen himself. The backstory on this, plus the "I thought Google bombing didn't work anymore"...
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Apr. 6, 2007 at 5:50pm by Danny Sullivan
George W. Bush: A Failure Once Again, According To Google
Remember how Google introduced a link bomb fix in January that, among other things, finally got US President George W. Bush out of first page of results for searches on miserable failure and failure at Google? Bush is back, at least for failure, and the White House has only itself...
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Feb. 2, 2007 at 7:12pm by Danny Sullivan
National Pork Board Says: Breastfeeding Is A Viable Trademark Threat
Jennifer Laycock's battle against the National Pork Board over her "The Other White Milk" slogan for breastfeeding t-shirts continues to pick up support. as you can see here at Techmeme. After I did my own write-up about the case yesterday, I followed my own advice and emailed the board. I...
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Feb. 1, 2007 at 3:43pm by Danny Sullivan
National Pork Board Goes After Breastfeeding Search Marketer
Last year, well-known search marketer Jennifer Laycock set up the Lactivist project, where she explained step-by-step how to market a new web site on a budget. Part of the project were the funny shirts she sold to promote breastfeeding, including one called "The Other White Milk." Turns out the National...
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Jan. 25, 2007 at 11:00pm by Danny Sullivan
Google Kills Bush's Miserable Failure Search & Other Google Bombs
After just over two years, Google has finally defused the "Google Bomb" that has returned US President George W. Bush at the top of its results in a search on miserable failure. The move wasn't a post-State Of The Union Address gift for Bush. Instead, it's part of an...
