Googlebombing a la SgAE
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Silly season googlebombing
Silly season googlebombing
05/24/2004 09:01 AMSome GOPers are googlebombing John Kerry's site with the word
"waffles," and Kerry's supporters are fighting back with a Google
AdWord buy for "waffles" that goes to a page on Bush's waffling.
I think that this googlebombing stuff is highly overrated. For
starters, who googles the word "waffles?" What should be the canonical
link for "waffles?" It's really self-reflexive: the nominal point of a
googlebomb is to hijack a common search-term to misdirect searchers
(i.e., the neo-Nazis who bombed the string "jew"), but in fact, a
single-word query for "jew" is a pretty weird thing to punch into
Google: "Hmm, I wonder why my neighbor takes every Friday night off
and lights a candle. Wonder if it's cos he's Jewish? I know, I'll type
'jew' into Google and see if there's anything about Friday nights and
candles in the top ten results."
In fact, the point of a googlebomb is to acheive the googlebomb and
then publicize it: "Look, if you search for 'more evil than satan,'
you get the Microsoft home-page, hardy-har-har." But those who argue
that they've scored some kind of victory here are nuts: no one
searches for "more evil than satan" -- unless someone tells them that
there's a funny googlebomb on the other end.
When I was a kid, we had all these "calculator games" -- addition,
subtraction and multiplication routines that would yield a string on
the LCD, that, when inverted, would spell out a word. I remember one
"dirty" one that spelled out "BOOBLESS" (55378008). At the time, it
felt like we'd really gotten one in against The Man, by somehow
convincing a pocket-calculator to kinda-sorta spit out a word we
weren't allowed to say in polite company, but the joke got old fast.
For starters, "BOOBLESS" isn't a (very) dirty word, and more
importantly, it just didn't make the calculator dirty to get it to
spit this out.
By the same token, "WAFFLES" isn't that common a naked query, and
convincing Google to spit out John Kerry's homepage (or an AdWord for
an anti-Bush page) isn't gonna score you any points with the people
looking for info on waffles -- the most it can acheive is the
(very) faintly humorous spectacle of the Kerry homepage coming up on
this improbable query.
Hardy har har.
The campaign has purchased Google AdWords, sponsored links that come
up beside results when certain words are searched. The short links
also refer to Kerry's website, but suggest users "read about President
Bush's Waffles."
"When we heard people were linking the word 'waffles' with John Kerry,
our thought was, 'This is ridiculous,'" said Morra Aarons, Internet
grass-roots coordinator for John Kerry for President. "But our
solution was to fight fire with fire."
LinkTelendro: el "googlebombing" como
deporte y el beneficio de todos
Telendro: el "googlebombing" como
deporte y el beneficio de todos
04/29/2004 07:54 AMRevés a la SGAE
Revés a la SGAE
12/24/2004 12:20 PMLos bares contra la SGAE
Los bares contra la SGAE
05/19/2004 10:11 PMLas 'perlas' del presidente de la SGAE
Las 'perlas' del presidente de la SGAE
02/13/2004 07:48 AMSube el canon de la SGAE
Sube el canon de la SGAE
12/26/2004 06:53 AMSGAE y Creative Commons
SGAE y Creative Commons
04/16/2005 03:17 PMLa SGAE, abucheada en la Campus Party
La SGAE, abucheada en la Campus Party
07/28/2004 10:12 PMPreguntas que J. Cortell le haría a la
SGAE
Preguntas que J. Cortell le haría a la
SGAE
08/09/2004 04:32 PMLa SGAE amenaza a la Campus Party
La SGAE amenaza a la Campus Party
07/16/2004 10:13 AMIgnacio Escolar responde a la SGAE
Ignacio Escolar responde a la SGAE
06/11/2004 10:00 AMCEDRO sigue los pasos de la SGAE
CEDRO sigue los pasos de la SGAE
04/01/2005 11:43 AMLa SGAE crea alarma social
La SGAE crea alarma social
06/09/2004 08:27 PMConvocatoria urgente anti-SGAE
Convocatoria urgente anti-SGAE
04/05/2005 08:54 AMGedepresa, ¿SGAE para noticias?
Gedepresa, ¿SGAE para noticias?
05/17/2004 05:58 AMLa SGAE presenta un videoclub virtual
La SGAE presenta un videoclub virtual
11/12/2003 01:32 PMLa SGAE demanda a la Asociación de
Internautas
La SGAE demanda a la Asociación de
Internautas
05/02/2004 09:55 AMEl Gobierno respalda el canon de la SGAE
El Gobierno respalda el canon de la SGAE
02/18/2004 07:16 AMConferencias de la sgae y entrevista en
la campus party
Conferencias de la sgae y entrevista en
la campus party
08/03/2004 01:00 PMEl mundo del fútbol se enfrenta también
a la SGAE
El mundo del fútbol se enfrenta también
a la SGAE
09/22/2004 06:38 PM¿La SGAE te da permiso para hacer una
fiesta?
¿La SGAE te da permiso para hacer una
fiesta?
12/19/2004 03:33 PMCómo saber quién no pertenece a la SGAE
Cómo saber quién no pertenece a la SGAE
01/19/2004 10:39 AMLa SGAE solicita que se retire su disco
antipiratería
La SGAE solicita que se retire su disco
antipiratería
06/23/2004 08:41 PMCCOO acusa a la SGAE de acariciar la
xenofobia
CCOO acusa a la SGAE de acariciar la
xenofobia
06/16/2004 08:38 AMCanon 2.0: la SGAE francesa enseña las
zarpas
Canon 2.0: la SGAE francesa enseña las
zarpas
12/03/2003 01:29 PMRadio Libre no pagará el canon de la
SGAE
Radio Libre no pagará el canon de la
SGAE
05/23/2004 10:25 PMLa Junta de Andalucía ¿contra el canon
de la SGAE?
La Junta de Andalucía ¿contra el canon
de la SGAE?
01/22/2004 09:15 AMSGAE, trabajando para el canon en los
discos duros
SGAE, trabajando para el canon en los
discos duros
01/18/2004 12:36 PMEl presidente de SGAE pontifica sobre la
copia y la música
El presidente de SGAE pontifica sobre la
copia y la música
11/13/2003 06:32 AMHispaLinux replica a la SGAE: "Todos
somos autores"
HispaLinux replica a la SGAE: "Todos
somos autores"
08/03/2004 12:18 AMLa SGAE responde sobre el canon a los
discos duros
La SGAE responde sobre el canon a los
discos duros
01/25/2004 08:15 AMGrupo musical pide a la SGAE que no
cobre por ellos
Grupo musical pide a la SGAE que no
cobre por ellos
07/02/2004 08:04 AMEl CNC critica duramente la campaña
antipiratería de la SGAE francesa
El CNC critica duramente la campaña
antipiratería de la SGAE francesa
06/11/2004 09:06 PMPara la SGAE, Linux es una version
shareware de Unix
Para la SGAE, Linux es una version
shareware de Unix
04/29/2004 04:56 AMUn canon de la SGAE plantea la
cancelación de romerías en Galicia
Un canon de la SGAE plantea la
cancelación de romerías en Galicia
05/11/2004 04:30 PMPionera sentencia contra la SGAE exime
de pagar a un bar sevillano
Pionera sentencia contra la SGAE exime
de pagar a un bar sevillano
05/18/2004 08:42 AMCondenas por delito de injurias por
calificar el canon de la SGAE "impuesto
revolucionario"
Condenas por delito de injurias por
calificar el canon de la SGAE "impuesto
revolucionario"
08/27/2004 01:29 PMGrok Description matches for Googlebombing a la SgAE
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Googlebombing a la SgAE
