It's called a "Google Bomb"
Google bomb is Internet slang for a certain kind of attempt to influence the ranking (called PageRank) of a given page in results returned by the Google search engine, often with humorous or political intentions. Due to the way that Google's algorithm (search procedure) works, a page will be ranked higher if the sites that link to that page use consistent anchor text. A Google bomb is created if a large number of sites link to the page in this manner.
There are lot's of other search terms you put in. "Fire Against the wall" used to be one for Karl Rove's website, but it doesn't come at number 1 anymore since Google changed it.
See this interesting article about Google Bombing on the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1868395.stm
Hope this helps :-)
- Alexandra - Sonic
2006-08-28 11:24:07
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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"If you do a Google search on the word [failure] or the phrase [miserable failure], the top result is currently the White House’s official biographical page for President Bush. We've received some complaints recently from users who assume that this reflects a political bias on our part. I'd like to explain how these results come up in order to allay these concerns.
Google's search results are generated by computer programs that rank web pages in large part by examining the number and relative popularity of the sites that link to them. By using a practice called googlebombing, however, determined pranksters can occasionally produce odd results. In this case, a number of webmasters use the phrases [failure] and [miserable failure] to describe and link to President Bush's website, thus pushing it to the top of searches for those phrases. We don't condone the practice of googlebombing, or any other action that seeks to affect the integrity of our search results, but we're also reluctant to alter our results by hand in order to prevent such items from showing up. Pranks like this may be distracting to some, but they don't affect the overall quality of our search service, whose objectivity, as always, remains the core of our mission."
2006-08-28 11:25:09
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answered by Adam W 2
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It's Google's policy.
Although they will later inform that it was a mistake.
2006-08-28 11:23:02
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answered by Arya 2
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That is lovely and all, but what is the deal with the P. and do you relaize that this isn't a question?
2006-08-28 11:23:45
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answered by averyanne77 4
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Why are you surprised? Doesn't this give us an accurate display to draw from?
2006-08-28 12:03:24
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answered by joe_on_drums 6
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perhaps because he is a miserable failure
2006-08-28 11:19:40
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answered by freddy 2
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Too perfect.
2006-08-28 11:19:39
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answered by Anonymous
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Omg that is too funny but wrong. but funny
2006-08-28 11:27:51
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answered by nathan2484 2
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read this thingie... it says its google bombed or something
2006-08-28 11:24:15
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answered by emilyONION 4
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