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Journal PoliTech's Journal: Google Kills "Google-Bombs"

Google Kills Bush's Miserable Failure Search & Other Google Bombs.

After just over two years, Google has finally defused the "Google Bomb" that has returned US President George W. Bush at the top of its results in a search on miserable failure. The move wasn't a post-State Of The Union Address gift for Bush. Instead, it's part of an overall algorithm change designed to stop such mass link pranks from working.

Story and screenshots here: http://searchengineland.com/070125-230048.php/

Funny, this made the SlashDot front page with a different post that was submitted just a couple of hours after I submitted it. Someone is asleep at the switch, (or is it just someone playing favorites?)

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It's a naive, domestic operating system without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.

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