Search engines blog post

Google bombing:


BBC News 
Wednesday, 13 March, 2002, 11:05 GMT
"Google hit by link bombers
Popular search site Google is being exploited by some net users to mount protests and play jokes on their friends.

The users have found a way to "bomb" Google to improve the rankings of particular webpages, and ensure a site is near the top of the results for particular search phrases.

Before now Google's method of ranking webpages was thought to make it largely immune to the tactics that many businesses use to improve their position in web searches.

Some fear it is only a matter of time before businesses start using the bombing tactic to influence their standing in search results."

In this quotation is important to remark the danger of Google bombing this can hurt people, individuals, and also companies. 
An example of Google bombing is the next;

French military victories (http://www.google.com/search?q=french+military+victories&btnI) - hoax, Google look-a-like page saying "no results found for French military victories, did you mean French military defeats?"

http://www.linksandlaw.com/technicalbackground-google-bombing.htm

Last Updated: Sunday, 7 December, 2003, 15:04 GMT BBC News 'Miserable failure' links to Bush

Bush has been the target of similar pranks before George W Bush has been Google bombed.Web users entering the words "miserable failure" into the popular search engine are directed to the biography of the president on the White House website.

 In this article we can see how Google bombing can have political purposes and also expresses the different comedic purposes this has. In my opinion google bombing is a method of violence we Google users have and how a simple joke or prank can be enlarged like in the snow-ball effect by the press.

 http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/302725

The digital journal talks about  how the use of Google information (public / virtual information) in bad hands can be a terrible and strong weapon. "if put to malicious use against someone, it can be a paralyzing weapon".
I agree with what this digital journal says because google bombing is a very important issue and it can hurt lots of people.