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tsipple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 03:37 PM
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Know what a "Google bomb" is? Find out here, and beat Bush!
Lots of bloggers are getting together and starting a "Google bomb." Google is the famous search engine, and a "Google bomb" is a campaign that steers the results of keyword searches to desired outcomes. It's fun, and it's free.

In this case, DU friends, here's your Google bomb: unelectable.

That's right. Every post, every web site, everything Google might visit, repeat the message over and over: unelectable, unelectable, unelectable. Or even unelectable fraud. Unelectable candidate. Unelectable and corrupt. Any permutations you like. Just don't forget that Bush is 100% unelectable.

Got the message? Good. Now go Google bomb. And remember: George W. Bush is unelectable.
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Bill McBlueState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 03:40 PM
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1. questions...
What exactly is Google looking for? Is it the fact that "unelectable" links to *'s biography? Does it matter how often those links are clicked? (I want to know whether it's worth my time to sit here clicking repeatedly on your links!)
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SeveneightyWhoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 03:42 PM
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2. I think it counts how many different people do it,
not how many times ONE person does it. So we need every DU'er to click the link, like once a day or so. I suggest we start putting this in our sigs, along with other words like "chimp" too.
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 06:39 PM
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14. Nobody ever has to click on it!
All that matters is that it is on a page that Google indexes.

Google has NO idea if any particular link on a page is EVER clicked on!

It also probably does not matter how many times it appears on that page, either. The Google fellows are smart enough to sort and trim a list of links to remove duplicates.

In fact, should it appear too often on a page, they are likely to dump the indexing of that page assuming correctly that it is an attempt to manipulate the index.

-Ben
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 03:43 PM
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3. So basically, all we have to do is repeat the word
unelectable

when we post anything to the Net?

No linkage, no references--only

unelectable?
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Goldmund Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 03:46 PM
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4. No, you need to click on links
Edited on Fri Dec-12-03 03:47 PM by slavkomae
with the text "unelectable" that lead to GWB's page.

OnEdit: or, post such links.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 03:52 PM
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5. ...like this?
Edited on Fri Dec-12-03 03:52 PM by janx
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tsipple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 03:54 PM
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6. Perfect
And put it in your signature. (See above. I just added it.)
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 04:01 PM
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7. Can we add "Never Elected" ? Or Appointed?
That's about the nicest thing I can say.
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 04:01 PM
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8. Dag nabbit
Edited on Fri Dec-12-03 04:01 PM by Capn Sunshine
stupid double posting computer
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 04:17 PM
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10. Edit:
Edited on Fri Dec-12-03 04:24 PM by janx
Forget that last message. I figured it out.

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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 04:06 PM
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9. Can we use this in another fashion
Using an astroturf term against them .

Like "proven leadership" or something like that
to leads to someone on our side, once the primaries are over .

just another angle I think we should utilize .

What do think?
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pansypoo53219 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 04:25 PM
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11. but this luddite can't figure out how to do it on my imac.
but i promise to hit that baby. was sweet on eschaton yesterday!
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ldoolin Donating Member (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 04:30 PM
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12. Done, and done
Edited on Fri Dec-12-03 04:31 PM by ldoolin
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tsipple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 06:14 PM
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13. There's Plenty of Google Fun Available :-)
The sky's the limit, but right now there's one particular campaign afoot. More to come, I'm sure.
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