Political Google bombs
Ever tried to search the term "failure" on google? The result is a political google bomb.
Political google bombs became an Internet phenomenon in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election.
Two of the first google bombs were the 'Miserable Failure' google bomb linked to George W. Bush's Whitehouse bio and the 'Waffles' google bomb that linked to John Kerry's website. At different times supporters and detractors of these political candidates were able to shift around the results so that searches for 'miserable failure' and 'waffles' would return links to the particular targets of the groups trying to influence the search.
Political google bombs became an Internet phenomenon in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election.
Two of the first google bombs were the 'Miserable Failure' google bomb linked to George W. Bush's Whitehouse bio and the 'Waffles' google bomb that linked to John Kerry's website. At different times supporters and detractors of these political candidates were able to shift around the results so that searches for 'miserable failure' and 'waffles' would return links to the particular targets of the groups trying to influence the search.
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