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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?"

3 of 252 comments (clear)

  1. What happen? by Homr+Zodyssey · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Somebody set up us the bomb.

  2. So... by Callik · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Google set up us the bomb?

  3. Re:Thought Google Had Responded by Lars+T. · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Something I found interesting: the word "here" links first to the download for Adobe PDF Reader (for obvious reasons?)
    Maybe because there are thousands of webpages that say "requires Adobe Acrobat Reader (download here)?
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    Lars T.

    To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck