Google-bombing!

[bladespark]

So I read a newspaper article about this thing called google-bombing. What is it? Well, for those of you who don't know already, it's when you get a whole lot of people to scatter a certain word all over their sites, and then link to one specific site. Since google uses links to find sites, this method will cause the linked-to site to turn up whenever the chosen word is entered as a search. Get enough people to link enough and you can force it to be the top result. *grins*

The word "waffles" now gets you politician John Kerry's website as the first result, which doesn't actually contain the word "waffles" at all. It also now gives you a link up at the top about the google-bombing prank that resulted in this. *chuckles*

Anyhow, I find this vastly amusing. I think it would be fun for all of my LJ friends to google-bomb something odd. Somebody suggest a suitable site, and a fairly obscure word, (defenestration comes to mind) and see if we can...

In other news... less than two days until I set off for CONduit! Heeeeeeee! And my firecat costume is now complete. (The ears are spiffy! Though it's far from perfect. A Mark II version will probably be made eventually.) As is my gryphon outfit, including the heraldic gryphon in my surcoat, which I ended up having to paint on by hand. Coudn't afford embroidery, and the computer lab is closed so I coudln't do the iron-on thing. But apparently painting is more authentic anyhow, or so I'm told.

Comments

[nsdragon.livejournal.com]

LOOFAH (http://www.funkyhorror.net)

Also, it reminds me of a similar technique that was used a while ago to unfairly boost a site towards the top spots on Google; basically an individual creating tons of pages with links pointing to his own site.

I don't think it's solved yet, so we could certainly google-bomb all over with each other's sites.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

I don't think it can be solved and still have Google actually work. *grins* And Loofah works great! He he he. I shall now link to FHnet with loofah in every post I make, I think. Mwa ha ha! Well, until I get bored of it, that is.

[siece.livejournal.com]

Bah! Who needs google bombing? All you need is a bit of originality, and a tiny hint of culture. My site (http://www.siece.net) is already ranked #1 on Google if you're looking for 'Siece' or "the Turning Page"[1], even above big name sites like Keenspace, and until I hit the Post button for this reply. I'll still be the ONLY site on the web to use "faustian tome".

However, I can always use free advertising, so feel free to google bomb my site if you want. Since 'defenestration' already has almost 29,000 sites, I don't think you'll get far with that one, unfortunately. Any word common enough to appear in Calvin and Hobbes is pretty much out. ;)

[1]I'm #7 if you don't use the word 'the'.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Darn... Defenstration is such a fun word... Though waffles sure has enough sites, and that was done. Then again, there were more people involved in that than I've got on my friends list, I'm sure.