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BBC NEWS | Americas | ‘Miserable failure’ links to Bush

7 Dec 2003 … Web users manipulate a popular search engine so an unflattering description leads to the president’s page.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3298443.stm – 32k – Cached – Similar pages
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Political Google bombs in the 2004 U.S. Presidential election …

Screenshot of the Google search results for “Miserable Failure” As of March … Two of the first were the “miserable failure” Google bomb linked to George …
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miserable_failure – 35k – Cached – Similar pages
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Google Kills Bush`s Miserable Failure Search & Other Google Bombs

25 Jan 2007 … 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 …
searchengineland.com/google-kills-bushs-miserable-failure-search-other-google-bombs-10363 – 89k – Cached – Similar pages

But until recently, if you ran the same search, you’d see the George W. Bush biography at the top of the list.

Just like  you do on the Yahoo search on the right.

But what you get now on Google is way better. Right?

The ‘biography’ result was down to a ‘Googlebomb,’ “where many people had linked to his biography using those words in their links,” explains SearchEngineLand, going on:

“Yes, the miserable failure ‘Googlebomb’ was fixed at Google. However, should any future administration ever use either the words ‘miserable’ or ‘failure’ on the US president’s home page, there’s a good chance that page will start ranking tops again for searches like ‘failure’ or ‘miserable’ or even ‘miserable failure.’ Using those words effectively overwrites Google’s ‘fix’ for Googlebombs.

“My George W. Bush: A Failure Once Again, According To Google article from April 2007 covers this in more detail and illustrates how Bush ended up back at the top of Google despite its Googlebomb solution.”

Meanwhile, the two other major search engines, Yahoo and Microsoft, continue to rank Bush tops, says SearchEngineLand.

Now you know.

SearchEngineLand – Bush: Fix Your Miserable Failure Googlebomb Legacy Before Obama Takes Office, January 7, 2009

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