So...who feels like a Google prank?

rebelwarlock

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• Nov 23, 2006

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For those not familiar with the concept of Google pranking or Google bombing, it's simply convincing many people to link to a certain site with a certain keyword until that site becomes the number one ranked for that keyword. This is the way that Michael Moore's site became top ranked for "miserable failure" a couple years ago (don't remember when exactly). My idea doesn't have anything to do with making someone look bad, just a play on words.

Let's make Bill O' Riley's site rank #1 for "O RLY?"

 

violineb

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• Nov 23, 2006

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Sounds like fun. How about we make this useful and spend the time making me famous for the keyword "violin" Could be kind of hard though. BTW, you really must not have anything to do. I wish I could say the same about myself.

 

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rebelwarlock

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• Nov 24, 2006

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My job is indeed intensely boring. I just thought it would be something funny.

 

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Maviryk

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• Nov 24, 2006

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... I just typed in my name in google.... and I found posts from all the forums I post on... scary...

Google is cacheing the complete history of the internet...

 

UnseenMenace

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• Nov 24, 2006

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rebelwarlock said:

For those not familiar with the concept of Google pranking or Google bombing, it's simply convincing many people to link to a certain site with a certain keyword until that site becomes the number one ranked for that keyword.

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Sounds like a plan to me, screw over Google's indexing for fun so that when you actually want to search for something you can only find something unrelated.
If enough people start pranking it could eventually cause search problems

 

Knacko

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• Nov 25, 2006

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I just looked up 'miserable failure' on google. Bush tops the list. And apparantly Jimmy Carter is second.

 

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yo4444

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• Nov 25, 2006

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Bill O'Reilly's site should come up #1 for "splotchy face". Or perhaps "Tool and Shill" Yeah.. I like that one better..

 

Max0r

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• Nov 25, 2006

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And to think, not only am I the world's worst failure, but I am not even getting recognized for it! Damn google!

 

ShadowPho

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• Nov 25, 2006

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Google cache is the easiest way to bypass proxy of our school's internet. Heh, and they thought they could block the past page in the universe!

 

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• Nov 25, 2006

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UnseenMenace said:

Sounds like a plan to me, screw over Google's indexing for fun so that when you actually want to search for something you can only find something unrelated.
If enough people start pranking it could eventually cause search problems

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Then we could get even more I'm to lazy to use google threads.

 

Trombe

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• Nov 25, 2006

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A better prank is to set up phone conversations between a business and an unlucky friend of yours using Google maps. Best of all, the cost is covered by Google.