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The Googlewashing Of Our Language

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the english-evolution dept.

KIondike writes "The Register talks about how a term ("Second Superpower") coined by the anti-war culture suddenly got radically neutered and altered by a weblog that a lot of people link to. Searching for the term on Google now brings up his blog and other people talking about his blog for the first several entries. Can Google's power to give information to the people be misused and perverted? This only took 42 days." First the widespread usage of "googling" to mean web searching, and now this.

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  1. I love the google* words. by Xerithane · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Googlewhacking, Googlewashing, Googling, what else are there?

    Google is a freaking web-based index and search tool. Why is this a concern at all? If Second Superpower is the name of a company, than I would expect to see it be on the list where it belongs. If someones blog or site is named that, what is the issue? Many people are linking to it, and it escalates the PageRank.

    Welcome to proof that Google works the way it was intended, in only 42 days!

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