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"Companies subvert search results to squelch criticism". Online Journalism Review. June 1, 2005.
"Google bombing ~ it's cool but". The Statesman. June 8, 2004.
"Web watch". The Guardian. April 15, 2004.

French military victories (practical joke)

The article French military victories (practical joke) now redirects to Google bomb. Please merge any material if deemed relevant. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-12-26 14:41Z

Moved to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/French military victories (practical joke) (2nd nomination)

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14-Nov-2008: I have listed the known subpages (the archive files) in a wikitable (see Help:Table) beside the Table of Contents. I also shortened several auto-signature comments. -Wikid77 (talk) 03:43, 14 Nov 2008

Googlebombing as harassment

Another use, which might be argued as political but really is much more directed and personal than that, is to use the process as a way to harass people, notably bloggers but not needfully limited to that.

Here is a specific case detailed out, but which actually involves multiple targets of a convicted domestic terrorist by the name of Brett Kimberlin:
Convicted Bomber Brett Kimberlin, Neal Rauhauser, Ron Brynaert, and Their Campaign of Political Terrorism
http://patterico.com/2012/05/25/convicted-bomber-brett-kimberlin-neal-rauhauser-ron-brynaert-and-their-campaign-of-political-terrorism/
The googlebombing is only a specific sub-part of the story, which is a pretty obnoxious tale in itself.

4th wall break?

"Since no later than 21 June 2015, the first result in a Google search for "miserable failure" is this article."

Are we allowed to say that kind of thing? Wikipedia usually refers to itself in 3rd person, even in its own article Polishedrelish (talk) 04:19, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Amber Heard Google Bomb?

Can someone consider the merit of an Amber Heard Google Bomb?

After the Depp Vs. Heard trial, if someone was to search the word "perjury", the first several images that appeared were of Amber Heard, this happened for several months after the trial results. MrScottBull (talk) 16:12, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]