What is a Google Bomb?

Google® or Googlebomb is an organized attempt to inflate a web search engine and force it to appear at the top of the search results for a particular phrase. Google® bombs are also known as link bombs; "Google®" is a link to a very popular search engine. Many people have made Google® bombs for satire, comedy, or political comments and practice, and the topic of a wider discussion around 2001, when several remarkable Google® bombs are attacking the then President George Bush, which repeatedly applies to the same links when people repeatedly refer to them. Anchor text is a visible part of the hyperlink; For example, most people referring to Wisegeek do "Wisegeek" their anchor text. Because of this practice, Wisegeek first comes to the search for this anchor text, because the search engines of belief is the most relevant to search engines.

While most anchor text is related to the interconnected topic, many bombs Google® uses anchor text that is not related. In order for the Google® bomb, hundreds and potentially thousands of people must use exactly the same anchor text. For example, a remarkable Google® bomb used anchor text "unfortunate failure" to connect to the website of the President of the United States. As the fad got caught, more people began using the same anchor text for the same link, ensuring that the Google® bomb was even more efficient.

A well -organized Google® bomb can cause the site to shoot at the top of the search results list within a few days. Google® bombs were used for all kinds of things; For example, the Jewish Blogging Community has created a Google® bomb that powered an article on Judaism to peak search results for "Jew" and many activist organizations used Google® bombs to comment on politicians, governments and various politicians.

popularity of such bombs forThe concept has led to the changing strategy of some search engines. While the Google® bomb is often funny, some are very insulting and some search engines have decided to adjust the results of search for certain key phrases when they learned about this practice. These changes are designed to maintain a search engine intent to return relevant and useful information.