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Bellevue Man Behind Bush Google Prank
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Posted on 01/22/2004 4:25:27 PM PST by cmsgop
Bellevue Man Behind Bush Google Prank
January 22, 2004
By KOMO Staff & News Services
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BELLEVUE - A Bellevue computer programmer is taking credit for a stunt that's making waves in the Internet world.
The 'Google bomb', as it's called, leads searchers of the phrase "miserable failure" on Google.com to an unexpected result: the official White House biography of President George Bush.
"I'm actually surprised how easy it was to do," George Johnston told the New York Times. "It took about 6 weeks to get Bush's biography as the No. 1 result. I had no idea when I'd get people all over the world involved.
Google bombing has quickly become an armchair sport among those who have a message to broadcast and perhaps a bit too much time on their hands. Unlike hacking into sites, Google bombing is a group sport, taking advantage of the Web-indexing innovation that led Google to search-engine supremacy.
You can read the full article, including the specifics of how he pulled it off, in our newspaper partner, the King County Journal.
And it's not just Bush who's fallen victim to the Google bomb. No. 2 on the Google search list is former President Jimmy Carter's White House biography.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: bushbasher; google; miserablefailure
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To: Sofa King
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:08:31 PM PST
by
JoJo Gunn
(Help control the Leftist population - have them spayed or neutered. ©)
To: Sofa King
To: XHogPilot
Google.com of "miserable failure" now yields Michael Moore as #1. Only if it's in double quotes. A regular search of miserable failure without the quotes still has GWB in first place.
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:11:29 PM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Are part-time bandleaders semi-conductors?)
To: XHogPilot
Of course.
To: XHogPilot
Google.com of "miserable failure" now yields Michael Moore as #1.Now if we can just get a Google of "wet pussy" to turn out the same result we'd be onto something. Don't try it, though.
To: cmsgop
Google bombing has quickly become an armchair sport among those who have a message to broadcast and perhaps a bit too much time on their hands.And, a little too much hair on their palms.
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:20:29 PM PST
by
Paul Atreides
(Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
To: HardStarboard
On second thoughts, yes, your suggestion IS better... LOL
To: KangarooJacqui
28
posted on
01/22/2004 5:25:25 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Laugh each day. Its good for you.)
To: cmsgop
Instead of trying to get Michael Moore to come up as number 1 on a "miserable failure" search, why not get Bush's name to be first on a "great president" search or a "successful president" search?
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:26:21 PM PST
by
Brett66
To: XHogPilot
See #17 (I already have a website)
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:27:20 PM PST
by
Sofa King
(-I am Sofa King- tired of liberal BS! http://www.angelfire.com/art2/sofaking/index.htm)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Only if it's in double quotes. A regular search of miserable failure without the quotes still has GWB in first place. Well, I guess I'll just have to link MISERABLE, FAILURE, and MISERABLE FAILURE to MichaelMoore, Hillary, and Jimmuh.
To: KangarooJacqui
Good to see you posting again.
32
posted on
01/22/2004 5:36:39 PM PST
by
cmsgop
( How Come Vic Tayback Never Won an Oscar ???????????????????????????????)
To: Rebelbase
Ewww. You know, for some reason I actually clicked on that (I know, I know...) - I don't think I'm gonna have any appetite for weeks, now.
(Hmmm, Michael Moore as a dieting aid... is that a new one?)
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:37:29 PM PST
by
KangarooJacqui
(proudly too right wing for Australia's news media since 1997...)
To: KangarooJacqui
Sorry about that. I was adding to the Google thingy to make michael moore replace Bush as the "miserable failure" #1 ranking.
Got carried away spamming about 15 threads with it.
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:40:08 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Laugh each day. Its good for you.)
To: Rebelbase
Well, just so long as it was for such a good cause... (*grin*)
35
posted on
01/22/2004 5:44:06 PM PST
by
KangarooJacqui
(proudly too right wing for Australia's news media since 1997...)
To: cmsgop
I just typed "miserable failure" into my Google search engine and now it is Michael Moore that comes out on top! Freepers do quick work.
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:47:18 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(They said I wasn't right in the head so they put me in a nervous hospital instead of the White House)
To: SamAdams76
Note, type in "miserable failure" in quotes. That will produce Michael Moore at number one.
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:48:22 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(They said I wasn't right in the head so they put me in a nervous hospital instead of the White House)
To: SamAdams76
WOOHOO! Nice work, FReepers!!!
38
posted on
01/22/2004 5:48:53 PM PST
by
KangarooJacqui
(proudly too right wing for Australia's news media since 1997...)
To: cmsgop
The Guy must be a dedicated, die hard, Dean supporter! Why else would one waste so much time?
Michael miserable failureMoore
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posted on
01/22/2004 7:29:08 PM PST
by
Hillarys nightmare
(Limbaugh is the single Greatest Human alive in the world today; and thank GOD he is an American!)
To: Sofa King
You know, I really don't know with any certainty. Here is one description of how it's done (I found it by doing a google search of "google bomb" ;-) )
================ QUOTE =============
Here's how you can join in the first ever international google bombing:
1. Get a web site. If you already have a web site, you can skip this step. If not, be a cheap bastard and go Geocities, Angelfire, Pitas, whatever. I don't care. Everyone has something to say blah blah blah personal expression yadda yadda. Just remember the Google bombing.
2. Whenever you update your site, which should be approximately three to five times a week, be sure to include the following HTML at some point: Andy
"talentless hack" Pressman
3. Add your site to Google.
4. Wait for the magic to happen! Soon, whenever you type in talentless hack into google, you'll see Andy "talentless hack" Pressman smiling right back at you. Adam Mathes, "Filler Friday: Google bombing," Über: Better Than You, Daily, April 6, 2001
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http://www.wordspy.com/words/Googlebombing.asp
Might be best to do your own search and try search words like "how to goggle bomb".
Good luck!
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