it might have been discussed here before, but here i am asking you people to post your comments on the issue.

first up, lemme build this thing up...
type the following phrase (without quotes) into google search and press "i'm feeling lucky"
phrase: miserable failure

no, its not shocking... apparently people are bombing google to have Mr. president;s profile as the first page for the phrase 'miserable failure'

some references:
http://www.blather.net/shitegeist/20...iserable_f.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3298443.stm

and then ofcourse, if you searched web for "weapons of mass destruction" a couple of years ago, you would be turned to http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ as the first result.
view it ;)

i just wanted to ask, does this have any significant practical meaning? can it be used to har a website in any way? harm, as in, reputation or bla bla...

or is it just plain simple joke?!

the practical meaning shows just how Google and others treat contextual links. The text in the "Miserable Failure" link is what causes this to work obviously. Now, extract that to a person you don't like, like Bill Gates for instance (or Linus, we're equal opportunity bashers here;).

If you had enough people and wanted to equate the words "Sorry Software" with either of the above, you'd just have to get enough people pointing that phrase to the page you want associated with it. like so:

let's say you wanted this page:

http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/default.asp

associated with this phrase: bad software

to effect a proper search bomb, you have to have a number of these contextual links pointing to the page in question:

bad software

now, if there are enough people doing this, or enough pages with this specific contextual link on it, when people search "bad software," the Bill Gates page should show up near the top position, if not the first...

as for practical applications, there are none, unless you are trying to make fun of another, or perhaps associate a site with a particular phrase for branding purposes (that's actually pretty practical, but it may be difficult to accomplish).

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