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New Campaign Tactic - Google Bombing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the politics-unusual dept.

jeian writes "My Direct Democracy, a liberal group blog, is trying out a new campaign tactic — Google bombing. From the New York Times article: 'Searching Google for Peter King, the Republican congressman from Long Island, would bring up a link to a Newsday article headlined King Endorses Ethnic Profiling.' Google's policy has typically been to not intervene and let the algorithms work by themselves, but could this change if Google-bombing becomes a common tactic?"

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  1. This is why... by ackthpt · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is why I don't listen to radio or watch television during election season.

    One might assume for the same reasons I might now stop surfing the net, but I won't for the simple reason I don't know anything about anybody or any proposition. I'll figure it all out the hours before I vote.

    For those who trust the internet for information, you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. You must be cautious.

    this is not the candidate candidate you should be voting for...

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
    1. Re:This is why... by Kelson · · Score: 2, Funny
      3 heavily slanted "oppinion polls" on my machine is enough to get me incredibly ticked off

      I hate the way political surveys construct the questions, and the options for multiple choice answers, such that they'll always get the results they want, rather than what you actually think.

      Do you approve of XYZ?
      (A) Strongly approve.
      (B) Mostly approve.
      (C) No opinion.
      (D) I disapprove, because I hate America.

      It's never quite that blatant, but they always seem to be structured so as to discourage you from choosing whatever answer it is they don't want to hear -- assuming (D) is even an option.

  2. Classic Google-bomb by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm surprised that no one has mentioned one of my personal favorite google-bombs...
    Google for Santorum (as in Rick Santorum) and you will see the funniest ever.

  3. Re:Miserable Failure is the classic example by greg_barton · · Score: 4, Funny
    Once a particular Google bomb gets noticed and talked about on the Web, that discussion of the Google bomb itself serves to help...

    The first rule of the Google bomb: you must talk about the bomb.
    The second rule of the Google bomb: you MUST talk about the BOMB.
  4. Re:Miserable Failure is the classic example by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Rule 3: Locality exceptions are Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the airport.
    Sometime da joke ain't funny an' shi', mo' fo'.

  5. Well, if you insist... by shrubya · · Score: 5, Funny
    you MUST talk about the BOMB
    In AD 2006,
    campaign was beginning.
    Peter King: What happen ?
    IT guy: Somebody set us up the Googlebomb.
    Secretary: We get Newsday.
    Peter King: What !

    . . . So, have you had enough, or must I continue?

  6. Re:Miserable Failure is the classic example by anti-drew · · Score: 2, Funny

    So -- it'll work for the majority of political candidates, then.

  7. ALL YOUR SEARCH ARE BELONG TO US by Soong · · Score: 2, Funny

    For great justice, move every page rank!

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    Start Running Better Polls