Googlebomb Watch

Googlebomb Watch keeps an eye on the latests (and older) Googlebombs. What's a Googlebomb? A Googlebomb is when a group of people link to a specific chosen page using a specific chosen link-text, in order to push this page up in the Google ranking. This can have political reasons and discredits a person, or is done for fun as part of a SEO (Search Engine Optimization) challenge.

 

Weapons of mass destruction

Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

This German search engine contest has been started by Germany's biggest IT magazine, on- and offline. The competition phrase is a newly created nonsense dish. Showing Google result 1 of 51,800 for Hommingberger Gepardenforelle.

The Hommingberger Gepardenforelle , Kai Stapel's Homepage
What you should know about the Hommingberger Gepardenforelle .
www.kaistapel.com/

 

SERPs

This is an older SEO contest for the word SERPs (search engine result pages). It was started in a newsgroup. Showing Google result 1 of 105,000 for SERPs.

What is SERP? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer ...
The major search engines typically display three kinds of listings on their SERPs . Listings that have been indexed by the search engine’s spider, ...
www.webopedia.com/ TERM/ S/ SERP.html

 

Out of Touch Executives

This Googlebomb was started by Google critic Daniel Brandt and targets the Google executives bio. Showing Google result 1 of 574,000 for Out of Touch Executives.

Googlebomb Watch
Showing Google result 1 of 939000 for Out of Touch Executives . at loggerheads out-of-touch executives a company that is pissing- out money like a ...
blog.outer-court.com/ googlebomb/

 

Mangeur de Cigogne

A french SEO contest. The nonsense phrase means 'Eaters of Stork'. Showing Google result 1 of 9,390 for Mangeur de Cigogne.

mangeur de cigogne by NONAME
mangeur de cigogne (stork eater) is a french web ranking contest based on mangeur de cigogne keywords.
www.noname.fr/ mangeur-de-cigogne/

 

Waffles

A political Googlebomb targeting J.F. Kerry. Showing Google result 1 of 366,000 for Waffles.

Recipes, Waffles - Bed & Breakfast Inns ONLINE
Recipes Bed & Breakfasts and Country Inns on Bed & Breakfast Inns ONLINE.
www.bbonline.com/ recipe/ waffles.html

 

Nigritude Ultramarine

This SEO challenge started by Darkblue had no results in Google prior to its beginning in May 2004. Showing Google result 1 of 6,900 for Nigritude Ultramarine.

Anil Dash: Nigritude Ultramarine
Do me a favor: Link to this post with the phrase Nigritude Ultramarine . ... SERPS: Nigritude Ultramarine . I said I'd never do it, but Anil has a point.... ...
www.dashes.com/ anil/ 2004/ 06/ 04/ nigr...

 

Seraphim Proudleduck

This new Search Engine Optimization battle awards £1000 to the one who gets first in Google on January 1st, 2005. Showing Google result 1 of 4,480 for Seraphim Proudleduck.

seraphim proudleduck [D day+749]
How to reach top position in google on keyword seraphim proudleduck ? seraphim proudleduck will find out.
www.presidentielle-2007.net/ seraphim-pr...

 

Jew

Many people did not like the fact 'Jew' pointed to a hate-site, so they linked 'Jew' from their blogs to point to Wikipedia's entry. Showing Google result 1 of 1,370,000 for Jew.

Jew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Discussion of the difference between Jewish religion and ethnicity, with notes on the Jews ' history, beliefs, and culture.
en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Jew

 

French Military Victories

A Google mock-up telling French Military Victories did not return any documents ("Did you mean: French Military Defeats?"). Showing Google result 1 of 71,400 for French Military Victories.

french military victories
Your search - french military victories - did not match any documents. Suggestions:. - Make sure all words are spelled correctly. - Try different keywords. ...
www.albinoblacksheep.com/ text/ victorie...

 

Litigious Bastards

This Googlebomb targets the SCO Group. Showing Google result 1 of 2,970 for Litigious Bastards.

SCO: Litigious Bastards
Congratulations everyone, the SCO litigious bastards campaign has succeeded! A Google search for litigious bastards shows SCO as the first result! ...
www.litigiousbastards.com/

 

Buffone

Buffone is the Italian word for "clown" and points to Italian Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Showing Google result 1 of 39,000 for Buffone.

The Offical Site of Doug Buffone
Photo Album, Buffone TV ... Welcome to the offical website of Chicago Bears legend and Chicago sports personality Doug Buffone ! ...
www.buffone.com/

 

Miserable Failure

One of the most famous Googlebombs, originally targeting only President George W. Bush, later on also Michael Moore and others. Showing Google result 1 of 83,900 for Miserable Failure.

BBC NEWS | Americas | ' Miserable failure ' links to Bush
Web users manipulate a popular search engine so an unflattering description leads to the president's page.
news.bbc.co.uk/ 2/ hi/ americas/ 3298443...

 

Search Engine Optimization

Not a bomb per se, but whoever scores high for 'Search Engine Optimization' is also probably a very well search engine optimizer, as many professionals in the Google-search business optimize for this phrase. Showing Google result 1 of 3,590,000 for Search Engine Optimization.

Search engine optimization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Search engine optimization ( SEO ) as a subset of search engine marketing seeks to improve the ... The term SEO can also refer to " search engine optimizers", ...
en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Search_engine_op...

 

President of the Internet

Quote: "The concerned parties mutually agreed that because Google is unbiased and somewhat democratic it would be used to determine the current President of the Internet. Whoever holds the top search result for �President of the Internet� will in fact be the President of the Internet". Showing Google result 1 of 14,200,000 for President of the Internet.

The President of the Internet | CEO Blues
Whoever holds the top search result for “ President of the Internet ” will in fact be the ... I support Dan James as President of the Internet Large button: ...
www.ceoblues.com/ archives/ 2004/ februa...

 

Talentless Hack

This is the original Googlebomb by Adam Mathes from April 6, 2001. Showing Google result 1 of 6,940 for Talentless Hack.

Google Time Bomb - Will Weblogs blow up the world's favorite ...
Adam lobbed the first Google Bomb as a joke, aimed squarely at a friend of his: Andy " Talentless Hack " Pressman. Amazingly, a year later, Adam's Google Bomb ...
www.microcontentnews.com/ articles/ goog...

 

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