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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."
The poker sites themselves are not directly to blame, however it's their affiliate programs such as this one which encourage the spamsters.
Actually, they are pretty much to blame. When the bot submits comments to my blog that contain the following text, it's pretty blatantly obvious that the owner of the site is trying to googlebomb as many key search phrases as possible:
Comment:
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Wouldn't you agree?
"When the president does it, that means it's not illegal." - Richard M. Nixon
Some of the best online poker spams have said something that made me laugh. Not often, but once in a while, they have made me think that online poker is fun, and I should probably try online poker one of these days. I like Texas Hold-em as much as anyone, and I think I could probably win money playing poker if I practice enough!
Wish me luck for playing poker!