Broken Google Bombs - - - - is Google a right wing shill?

[Ghost in the Machine]

I just got an email newsletter from http://www.exactseek.com in which an author is writing about Google changing algorithms recently. He starts explaining about the google bombs, and how they work, using the "miserable failure" results as an example. He then goes on to state: "The average person who did not understand the nature of the SEO game would occasionally stumble across these esoteric search phrases and get him or herself into a huff, because they thought that Google was stating their own political views. Of course, Google really does not have an opinion, at least not one that would ever appear in their search results."

A few paragraphs later though, he says:
"In an attempt to understand what had changed, I looked at a few of the more notorious GoogleBombs of past and discovered some interesting facts.

Broken Google Bombs:

"Miserable failure" no longer returns George W. Bush, Michael Moore, or Jimmy Carter websites.

"Worst president ever" now only returns pages that make the claim the GW Bush has earned that title.

"Waffles" no longer returns results that point to the John Kerry website.

Tony Blair's homepage no longer comes up under the search term "liar".

Unchanged Google Bombs:


A search for "Scientology" still has the "Operation Clambake" listing in the #2 spot (2007-01-31). Operation Clambake is a website that is critical of Scientology.

"Clíck here" still points to the Adobe website (although this was not actually a GoogleBomb).

"French military victories" still goes to the same page on Albino Black Sheep when you hit "I feel lucky" on Google's search page. (I still get a kick out of this one.)

The "great president" GoogleBomb survived. It still points to Bush's bio on the White House website."(emphasis mine)

The conclusion he comes to?? You gotta read this to believe it :eyeroll:

"Everyone seems to be asking the same question. How does Google defuse Google Bombs?

Well, Google isn't saying, so we are left to figure it out on our own. Based on what I was able to uncover in my study of Google Bombs, I came up with a theory. What I have been able to take from the results shown above is that Google may have targeted only "negative links". If you want to review what is shown above, all of the Google Bombs that are now gone had negative connotations to them. All of the Google Bombs that survived can be construed as having positive, or at least non-negative, connotations to them."

Yes, Google is surely non-partisan and just doing their patriotic duty by removing results that only cast asparagus at Dear Leader.

Google ~~~> another arm of the propaganda machine exposed? Judge for yourself....


Ghost

[Dammit Ann]

1. As a "YouTuber" before and after...

the Google takeover, I have to say, proggressives FEEL targeted. I hope that it is paranoia, but I have seen the contrary, unfortunately.

[Omphaloskepsis]

2. I must have missed the memo..

So today is "Google Outrage Day." Maybe the are just ignoring links in pages that have the term Google Bomb on them. And the ones that made it through the shift in the algorithm. Hmmm.

HTTP isn't the only way to communicate over the Internet.

[MonkeyFunk]

3. No

it's not shilling. If it were, why would they remove the one googlebomb critical of John Kerry?

The fact is, googlebombs are fun, but ultimately NOT in line with what Google does. It's an abuse of the algorithms used by Google, and they have every right to adjust their algorithms to ignore those who are deliberately trying to fuck with the system to make a personal point.

[incapsulated]

4. nonono!

Google is teh evol! :tinfoilhat:

Google aren't saints but this sudden attack on them for all the wrong reasons is just weird.

[MonkeyFunk]

5. When I was a kid...

we used to cut through this one lady's yard to knock a few hundred yards off our walk to and from elementary school.

One day, we discovered she put up a fence. Man, were we pissed. Then I grew up.

[incapsulated]

6. That bitch!

:)

Yeah, this just seems to be circumventing people gaming it, I'm actually surprised they didn't do it sooner. They want it to function as a search engine not a toy. *gasp*

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. No tinfoil here... and it wasn't an attack on Google.. it was an honest

question that I am seeking an answer for or someone else's opinion of. Why would they remove the negative, but keep a "great president" even though they know it's a bomb too? Clearly Gee DUHbya is NOT the greatest president ever, nor is he even to be considered a great president. With a 30% approval rate, an illegal war gone from bad to worse, and our Country nosediving into the dark abyss of Fascism, how can Google justify keeping "great president" over "miserable failure"? :shrug:

[incapsulated]

8. It probably is just a legitamite return using the new algorithm

whitehouse.gov isn't exactly an obscure website.

I do not believe that Google is deliberately directing people there or leaving an old bomb in on purpose.