Google's machine

After years of taking a fairly laissez-faire attitude toward googlebombing, Google has now taken action to stop the practice. It has incorporated into its search engine a googlebomb-sniffing algorithm that somehow identifies and neutralizes any concerted effort to skew search results for a given phrase (such as, most famously, tying "miserable failure" to the White House site). That's fine with me. It's like scrubbing graffiti off the side of a subway car. Full Story »

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Paul Stambaugh
3.2
by Paul Stambaugh - Oct. 1, 2008

This is story reflects on various topics and questions whether it is good for Google to be concerned about its public image to influence its search results. A good article with a well rounded view.

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