Diary of a Network Geek

The trials and tribulations of a Certified Novell Engineer who's been stranded in Houston, Texas.

6/16/2004

Googlebombing

Filed under: Criticism, Marginalia, and Notes,Fun Work,Geek Work,Personal,The Network Geek at Home — Posted by the Network Geek during the Hour of the Hare which is in the early morning or 7:17 am for you boring, normal people.
The moon is Waning Gibbous

Since I’ve been “Googlespammed”…

I found this interesting. Apparently, if enough bloggers link to a particular website with certain words in the link, it can radically effect the way a search engine “sees” that page. This article on Wired News about John Kerry getting Googlebombed is a little old, but it sums the issue up nicely.
I guess that’s what’s next for me, right? This bottom-feeder that snaked my #1 Google search result is going to Googlebomb me for making his “job” harder. Oh, man, I can’t wait. Oh, God, what has the web come to?

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1 Comment

  1. This gets more and more interesting. One of the topics at work of late has been how the Internet is unpoliceable yet requires policing. Not that I agree with it, the topic often wanders off into cyber-vigilanty-ism.

    Comment by joat — 6/16/2004 @ 8:11 pm

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