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Google To Implement Googlebomb Fix To Prevent Racist Listings In Google Maps

Crowdsourcing the entire web goes bad with Google Maps, causing many locations to be relevant for slurs and derogatory words. Google promises a...

Danny Sullivan | May 21, 2015 at 7:04 pm ET

George Bush “Miserable Failure” Google Bomb Back, This Time In Knowledge Graph

The Google Bomb is back! Searching for [miserable failure] in Google now returns George W. Bush’s knowledge graph in the search results....

Barry Schwartz | Jun 12, 2013 at 12:20 pm ET

Romney’s “Binders Full Of Women” Takes Over Google Images

I don’t know what images were showing up for a “binders full of women” search on Google Images before last night’s US...

Danny Sullivan | Oct 17, 2012 at 4:39 pm ET

Google Images Dominated By Pictures Of Romney For “Completely Wrong” Search

It’s not a Google Bomb, but that doesn’t make it less embarrassing for US presidential candidate Mitt Romney or Google, that a...

Danny Sullivan | Oct 10, 2012 at 5:23 pm ET

“Spreading Santorum” Drops At Google; New Site Keeps Anal Sex Definition At Number One

As Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum loses two primary races to rival Mitt Romney, perhaps he can console himself with,...

Danny Sullivan | Feb 29, 2012 at 2:12 am ET

Bing & Google: “Spreading Romney” Ranking Tops For “Romney” Is Normal

Bing and Google have weighed in on the amazing rise in less than a month of the Spreading Romney site to the first page of their results for a...

Danny Sullivan | Feb 14, 2012 at 12:37 pm ET

Now, Mitt Romney Has A Santorum-Like Bing & Google Problem

Perhaps Google may finally have to figure out a “fix” for Rick Santorum’s “Google Problem,” now that an...

Danny Sullivan | Feb 10, 2012 at 1:36 pm ET

Why Does Microsoft’s Bing Search Engine Hate Rick Santorum?

US presidential candidate Rick Santorum pulled off a surprise last night, winning caucuses and primaries in three states. So what’s with...

Danny Sullivan | Feb 8, 2012 at 12:14 pm ET

For “Define An English Person,” Google Suggests The C-Word

I’ve seen some weird Google results in my time, but this one is pretty strange. Search for “define an english person” or some...

Danny Sullivan | Dec 22, 2011 at 4:45 pm ET

Obama: Tops For “Who Is Failure” In Google

I’d thought the googlebombs relating to “miserable failure” and “failure” had finally been defused earlier this...

Danny Sullivan | Nov 13, 2009 at 1:35 pm ET

Obama Is “Failure” At Google & “Miserable Failure” At Yahoo

I told you so. Or I told anyone who cared. I even tried to reach the Obama administration in four or five different ways. Do a search on Yahoo...

Danny Sullivan | Jan 22, 2009 at 11:03 pm ET

Bush: Fix Your “Miserable Failure” Googlebomb Legacy Before Obama Takes Office

Few realize that outgoing US president George W. Bush has left behind a unique legacy for future presidents, including Barack Obama — that...

Danny Sullivan | Jan 7, 2009 at 1:35 pm ET

John McCain’s Google Bomb

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Barry Schwartz | Jun 23, 2008 at 8:48 am ET

Bush – Tops For “Who Is A Failure” On Google

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Danny Sullivan | Feb 21, 2008 at 6:07 pm ET

Scientologists Google Bombed Or Not?

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Danny Sullivan | Jan 30, 2008 at 8:56 am ET

Happy First Birthday, Google Bomb Fix!

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Danny Sullivan | Jan 25, 2008 at 2:09 pm ET

Man Arrested for Google Bombing Polish President Into Top Spot For “Kutas” (Penis)

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Barry Schwartz | Sep 11, 2007 at 10:44 am ET

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...

Danny Sullivan | May 9, 2007 at 1:06 pm ET

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...

Danny Sullivan | Apr 20, 2007 at 12:11 pm ET

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...

Danny Sullivan | Apr 6, 2007 at 5:50 pm ET
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