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Jedimaster 03-28-2004 11:08 AM

Question for you google masters on 'miserable failure'
 
Search for miserable failure on google and Bush at whitehouse.gov comes up 1st

even though it may be true,,,why is this happening???

the_wizz 03-28-2004 11:08 AM

Because sooooo many people have linked to it and have clicked on it.

Its a popular page.

Jedimaster 03-28-2004 11:11 AM

I got it

'Miserable failure' links to Bush

Bush has been the target of similar pranks before
George W Bush has been Google bombed.
Web users entering the words "miserable failure" into the popular search engine are directed to the biography of the president on the White House website.

The trick is possible because Google searches more than just the contents of web pages - it also counts how often a site is linked to, and with what words.

Thus, members of an online community can affect the results of Google searches - called "Google bombing" - by linking their sites to a chosen one.

Weblogger Adam Mathes is credited with inventing the practice in 2001, when he used it to link the phrase "talentless hack" to a friend's website.

The search engine can be manipulated by a fairly small group of users, one report suggested.

If you are George Bush and typed the country's name in the address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly (IRAQ)

Prank website
Newsday newspaper says as few as 32 web pages with the words "miserable failure" link to the Bush biography.

The Bush administration has been on the receiving end of pointed Google bombs before.

In the run-up to the Iraq war, internet users manipulated Google so the phrase "weapons of mass destruction" led to a joke page saying "These Weapons of Mass Destruction cannot be displayed."

The site suggests "clicking the regime change button", or "If you are George Bush and typed the country's name in the address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly (IRAQ)".

volante 03-28-2004 11:22 AM

You get interesting results if you search for "french military victories" as well :thumbsup


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