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0 pointspyrocat11y ago0 comments

Wow, that's an absolutely terrible idea. I don't think Google would ever do that, if simply because the risk of it getting out is too great, it would absolutely destroy the trust of the brand.

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lifeisstillgood11y ago

But, interestingly, there is nothing stopping us doing it ... I think it is still possible to game google results such that the top results for any politicians name includes "sex scandal of senator X" simply by a lot of people linking to it.

It's democratic (if you are happy for Russian links to count in your senators feeds)

Tossrock11y ago

That's called google-bombing and is a well-established phenomenon.

lifeisstillgood11y ago

Thank you - could not remember the term

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0 pointspyrocat11y ago0 comments

Wow, that's an absolutely terrible idea. I don't think Google would ever do that, if simply because the risk of it getting out is too great, it would absolutely destroy the trust of the brand.

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lifeisstillgood11y ago

It's democratic (if you are happy for Russian links to count in your senators feeds)

Tossrock11y ago

That's called google-bombing and is a well-established phenomenon.

lifeisstillgood11y ago

Thank you - could not remember the term

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