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'Online Poker' Googlebomb
Philipp Lenssen writes "The blogger community is fighting back, though in ways not everyone may like: they are Googlebombing the Wikipedia page on online poker for the phrase "online poker" to make it rank higher in search engines. "Online poker", along with "Viagra", "mortgage" and "debt", are keywords heavily represented in comment spam, which itself aims to boost the Google ranking for a particular site and phrase. The Wikipedia page is currently third in Google."
But you didn't even go to the trouble of linking the term online poker to Wikipedia in your submission? Slashdot has some healthy pagerank, too, ya know.
Yeah, messing with bloggers might not have been the best idea...
FoundNews.com - get paid to blog.,
Is it any wonder why many /.ers hate bloggers and blogging?
Wikipedia's slow as a turd as it is. Thanks guys!
Who do you get to be an expert to tell you something's not obvious? The least insightful person you can find? -J Roberts
I guess if they hit the "I'm feeling lucky" and end up on the Wikipedia page, they probably aren't lucky enough to play online poker anyway.
No, but three lefts do.
Well, I suppose the button "I'm feeling lucky!" makes a lot more sense in the context of online poker.
In all seriousness, some people I know have started using google IFL links on blogs rather tahn direct links. The idea is that in five years if the Captain Crunch brand changes, an I'm Feeling Lucky search for Captain Crunch will probably take you to the new page.
yo wtf does some dude sucking his own dick have to do with online poker?
The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education. - Paul Feyerabend
That does seem strange. If it was a French Bullfrog site instead, it would be quite understandable.
"I have developed some methods for controling it, but I do not want to divulge them publiclly since the bad guys would then know my counter measures"
Yeah, I know. Those French bulldog guys play hardball. They monitor all the Slashdot posts, too, so you are wise not to reveal your tricks. I know myself, that every time someone mods me down, it has to be one of those bulldog spammers.
"Click on http://www.parismastiff.com for your best Gallic bulldog deals!"
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
a picture of some guy trying to suck his own cock (which is what is on the wikipedia site
What's wrong with Wikipedia having an article on autofellatio?
There was a circle of people standing around a man borne up onto a pile of ground, and tied to a stake. The circled crowded the man, yelling insults and spitting in his direction. Just as the first person in the crowd picked up a stone to throw it, a hand siezed his wrist from out of nowhere.
It was Jesus. Jesus said "let he who is without sin throw the first stone." Everyone in the circle looked down, and the man on the stake looked hopeful . Slowly but surely, all eyes fixed on Jesus, who realized that it was only he who was without sin.
"My go then, I take it" Jesus said as he picked up and whipped a large rock right into the man's face.
So wrong, yet so, so right. Just like what should happen to keyword spammers.
I Want To Believe
I concur; there is too much bad writing out there, surely we can't let Slashdot degenerate. It's one of the last refuges of technological information that is not profuse with jargon.
If people wanted to play it, it would not be necessary to advertise. It simply wouldn't. These mystery players would be trading tips on the best places to play, digging out URLs just to be able to gamble.
Instead, it would seem, they have to stuff it down the morons' throats. Sure it's profitable, so is an extortion racket. Doesn't mean want it.
Get a Life!!!
But Officer, I DID read the f**king article!