The Google bomb is back, and Stephen Colbert is, figuratively speaking, riding atop it, cowboy hat in hand. That’s right – according to the top Google search results, Colbert is the "greatest living American," and, as it so happens, also possesses some "giant brass balls."
Will Googlebomb Algo Affect SEO Contests?
There’s news going around that Google has or introduced a new algorithm designed to eliminate Googlebombs (or linkbombs as they should be called). In case you are not familiar, a linkbomb is an attempt to influence search rankings by pointing a contextual phrase – like “miserable failure” – to a site you want associated with […]
“Free Alaa” Googlebomb
Alaa Abd El-Fatah is a peaceful proponent of democracy who was jailed during a nonviolent protest – his supporters in Egypt want you to know this. They want anyone who googles “Egypt” to know this, as a matter of fact. A Googlebomb campaign has begun to link that word to a “Free Alaa” blog.