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Google Juice

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the matter-of-time dept.

mpawlo writes: "I guess it is time to start using them bookmarks again, since favourite search engine Google seems to be on the verge of Altavista doom and search engine chaos. BBC News reports of Google bombing (often referred to as 'Google juice' by the infamous Crackmonkey subscribers). 'The users have found a way to "bomb" Google to improve the rankings of particular webpages, and ensure a site is near the top of the results for particular search phrases.' There is also the sport of Google Whacking affecting your search results."

3 of 357 comments (clear)

  1. Irony by xanadu-xtroot.com · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I find the timing of this article quite ironic since me and a couple other guys here at work are looking into ways to improve our status on searches.

    Looks like I just found the solution. Now, do I play it off as my own and hope they don't read /., or do I come clean... Hmmm...

    :-)

    --
    I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man,
    I'm just a mortal with potential of a super man.
  2. Try this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Do a search for: dumb motherfucker

  3. Not actually interesting... by alexhmit01 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Nobody on the Internet had a page about "dumb motherfucker" so Google did the best it could do and used the link text from one guys article. When Wired did a store, they created a page about, among other things, "dumb motherfucker". This created the change.

    I mean, winning phrases that nobody searches for or puts out information isn't the most impressive thing. However, it creates a fun little game.

    No problem, play games, have fun, whatever the fuck you want. But don't attack google's algorithm because of this stupid shit.

    Google is the one "good guy" in the SE world right now, don't spread FUD about them for no reason.

    Alex