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Google Defuses Googlebombs
John C. Worsley writes "Google announced today a modification to their search algorithm that minimizes well-known googlebombing exploits. Searches on 'miserable failure' and their ilk no longer bring up political targets. The Google blogger writes: 'By improving our analysis of the link structure of the web, Google has begun minimizing the impact of many Googlebombs. Now we will typically return commentary, discussions, and articles about the Googlebombs instead.'"
Searching for "miserable failure" now brings up a million pages talking about the Googlebomb, "miserable failure". Is that much better?
The whole reason PageRank was create was because the exsiting technologies at the time, namely keywords and before that meta tags, were being abused like hell. Now PageRank is being abused left and right. It's time to take a step back and rethink.
I wonder if I use bold in my signature, people will notice my posts.
No. That's what it is. Why should I stop?
So is Mob Rule. That doesn't make it a good thing.
So is using cars on the freeway as practice targets for your minigun. Fun is not the ultimate arbiter of what is right.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
The Googlebomb is just an example of the weighted "democracy" that Page Rank is supposed to be all about
No, Page Rank is weighted democracy. A Googlebomb tries to destroy the Page Rank.
Page Rank is supposed to sort the pages according to there relevance, based on the links found on the Internet. A Googlebomb tries to prevent Page Rank from doing that by manipulating the links on the Internet. A Googlebomb does not mean that Internet users get more relevant results it is the other way around.