Google bombing (English Wikipedia)

bio, See full. "Google bombs get dismantled". CNET. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
Whitney, Lance (September 20, 2010). "4chan takes down RIAA, MPAA sites". CNET. Retrieved July 6, 2025.

news.cnet.com

Becker, David. "Google caught in anti-Semitism flap". News.cnet.com. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
"Google caught in anti-Semitism flap - CNET News". News.cnet.com. Retrieved February 21, 2012.

collegenews.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Corey Feldman is hurting…or is it a Google bomb?". Collegenews.com. Archived from the original on January 22, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2010.

everydayshouldbesaturday.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Big, Bobby (July 15, 2011). "THE CURIOUS INDEX, 7/15/2011". Every Day Should Be Saturday. Retrieved January 9, 2012.

fil.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

filipina.fil.net

Yan Ang Filipina Archived Retrieved 22 October 2009

filipinasoul.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Resurrecting the image of a true Filipina". Filipina Soul. February 14, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2013.

forbes.com (Global: 71^st place; English: 54^th place)

Greenberg, Andy (June 28, 2007). "The Saboteurs Of Search". Forbes. Retrieved September 8, 2010.
Worstall, Tim (October 14, 2012). "The Mitt Romney 'Completely Wrong' Google Bomb". Forbes.

free.fr (Global: 283^rd place; English: 705^th place)

palpitt.free.fr

"Bombardement Google à la française - Palpitt - Metablog". Palpitt. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved February 21, 2012.

gandul.info (Global: 8,052^nd place; English: low place)

Loznianu, Ramona. "Editor". Gândul. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012.

globalvoicesonline.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Hamid Tehrani (May 10, 2007). "Interview with Pendar Yousefi: Blogger, Designer and Google Bomber". Global Voices Online. Retrieved July 9, 2010.

google.com (Global: 109^th place; English: 87^th place)

"Google". Retrieved December 17, 2011.
"Google Trends: Jul 8, 2009". Retrieved July 9, 2010.

googleblog.blogspot.com (Global: 6,935^th place; English: 8,461^st place)

Mayer, Marissa (September 16, 2005). "Official Google Blog: Googlebombing 'failure'". Googleblog.blogspot.com. Retrieved July 9, 2010.

googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: A quick word about Googlebombs". Googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com. January 25, 2007. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
"A quick word about Googlebombs". Official Google Webmaster Central Blog. Retrieved September 22, 2015.

hacking.pl (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Siedziba szatana w Radiu Maryja". Archived from the original on December 19, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2011.

hansschoff.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Schoff, Hans. "How to Google Bomb - Mastering Internet Marketing Strategies | Hans Schoff's Official Home Based Income Blog". Hansschoff.com. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.

independent.co.uk (Global: 46^th place; English: 29^th place)

Google apologises to Indian PM Narendra Modi after he appears in list of top 10 criminals, June 4, 2015, The Independent.

jawapos.com (Global: 3,344^th place; English: 5,109^th place)

radartuban.jawapos.com

Fauzie, Amin (November 22, 2022). "VIRAL! Ketik "Monyet Pakai Jas Hujan Hijau" Munculnya Pak Jokowi, Kok Bisa?". Jawa Pos Radar Tuban. Retrieved November 22, 2022.

jezebel.com (Global: 5,183^rd place; English: 3,112^th place)

uk.jezebel.com

"Anti-Choicers Link "Abortion" To "Murder" On Google". Jezebel. February 25, 2011. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2011.

kaleva.fi (Global: 4,745^th place; English: low place)

Jyri-Jussi Rekinen (March 14, 2007). "Tanja Saarelaa ja eduskuntaa kiusataan internetissä". Kaleva. Retrieved February 14, 2025.

lehigh.edu (Global: low place; English: 7,353^rd place)

airweb.cse.lehigh.edu

Gyöngyi, Zoltán; Garcia-Molina, Hector (2005), "Web spam taxonomy" (PDF), Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Adversarial Information Retrieval on the Web (AIRWeb), 2005 in The 14th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2005) May 10, (Tue)-14 (Sat), 2005, Nippon Convention Center (Makuhari Messe), Chiba, Japan., New York, NY: ACM Press, ISBN 1-59593-046-9

mahimoto.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The Google Bomb Story". Mahimoto. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2011.

mushon.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Interface as a Conflict of Ideologies". April 2007.

netcashdaily.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Google Bomb Corey Feldman is hurting". Topgoogletrends.netcashdaily.net. July 8, 2009. Archived from the original on April 3, 2010. Retrieved July 9, 2010.

news18.com (Global: 361^st place; English: 180^th place)

hindi.news18.com

"'भिखारी' सर्च करने पर दिख रही इमरान खान की फोटो, पाकिस्तान ने Google से मांगा जवाब". News18 India (in Hindi). December 17, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2019.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Zeller Jr., Tom (October 26, 2006). "A New Campaign Tactic: Manipulating Google Data". The New York Times. p. A.20. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012.
Cohen, Noam (January 29, 2007). "Google Halts 'Miserable Failure' Link to President Bush". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2010.

ojr.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Companies subvert search results to squelch criticism". Online Journalism Review. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013.

plus.google.com (Global: 5,148^th place; English: 9,757^th place)

"Rob Kohr - Google+ - A better way to fight SOPA GoDaddy has been a supporter of…". Retrieved February 21, 2012.

postimees.ee (Global: 1,699^th place; English: 3,226^th place)

"Google'i otsing seob sõnad "masendav" ja "Keskerakond"". Postimees (in Estonian). October 21, 2005. Archived from the original on January 18, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2009.

salmonbones.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

""seraphim proudleduck" Contest Announcement". UK: Internet Archive. 2004. Archived from the original on November 1, 2004. Retrieved May 21, 2014. Salmonbones.co.uk is pleased to announce a contest in which anyone who has the ability to publish a page on the web can win. On January the 1st, 2005 at 1am (in the UK) the highest ranked page in google for the search term 'seraphim proudleduck' shall win its publisher £1000. A bonus prize exists for the highest ranked image in google for the same search term.

searchenginepeople.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The 10 Most Incredible Google Bombs". November 9, 2010.

searchenginewatch.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

blog.searchenginewatch.com

Price, Gary (May 16, 2005). "Google and Google Bombing Now Included New Oxford American Dictionary". Search Engine Watch. Archived from the original on January 27, 2007. Retrieved January 29, 2007..

sfgate.com (Global: 248^th place; English: 142^nd place)

Kopytoff, Verne (January 26, 2004). "Google targeted by pranksters: Web site operators, bloggers skew results". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 31, 2004. Retrieved November 27, 2007.

smartbitchestrashybooks.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

SB Sarah (April 12, 2009). "Amazon Rank". Smartbitchestrashybooks.com. Retrieved July 9, 2010.

snopes.com (Global: 1,669^th place; English: 1,125^th place)

"Urban Legends Reference Pages: Miserable Failure". Snopes.com. December 9, 2003. Retrieved July 9, 2010.

sofiaecho.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Rene Beekman (February 25, 2009). "Sofia Echo coverage". Sofiaecho.com. Retrieved July 9, 2010.

spiegel.de (Global: 87^th place; English: 363^rd place)

Brücken, Timo (February 5, 2013). "English Disco Lovers wollen rechtsextreme EDL von Google verdrängen". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved August 5, 2026.

sydneysearchresultsptyltd.com.au (Global: low place; English: low place)

Cannell, David (January 2, 2015). "Google Bomb Tricks To Avoid". Sydney Search Results. Retrieved June 23, 2015.

talkingpointsmemo.com (Global: low place; English: 6,134^th place)

McMorris-Santoro, Evan (July 21, 2011). "With His Campaign Lagging, Rick Santorum Turns Once Again To Dan Savage". Talking Points Memo. Retrieved October 11, 2013.

theatlantic.com (Global: 322^nd place; English: 198^th place)

"10 Notorious Google Bombs - Nicholas Jackson - Technology". The Atlantic. Retrieved February 21, 2012.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Lynskey, Dorian (February 1, 2013). "How to disco dance the EDL off Google and Facebook". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
Lynskey, Dorian. "How to disco dance the EDL off Google and Facebook". The Guardian. London. Retrieved February 2, 2012.

thepersiangulf.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The Arabian Gulf Google Bomb". The Persian Gulf. Archived from the original on February 20, 2010. Retrieved July 9, 2010.

theregister.co.uk (Global: 1,877^th place; English: 1,233^rd place)

Orlowski, Andrew (April 3, 2003). "Anti-war slogan coined, repurposed and Googlewashed ... in 42 days". The Register. Retrieved January 6, 2007.

theverge.com (Global: 208^th place; English: 158^th place)

Porter, Jon (May 13, 2019). "Angry Redditors are trying to Google bomb Game of Thrones writers". The Verge. Retrieved May 17, 2019.

time.com (Global: 84^th place; English: 63^rd place)

Quackenbush, Casey (July 19, 2018). "Anti-Trump Activists Are Gaming Google Searches for 'Idiot'". Time. Retrieved July 21, 2018.

uber.nu (Global: low place; English: low place)

Mathes, Adam (April 6, 2001). "Filler Friday: Google Bombing". Archived from the original on July 15, 2005.

usatoday.com (Global: 55^th place; English: 36^th place)

Kiggins, Steve (February 17, 2019). "Pakistan flag is top result for 'the best toilet paper in the world' on Google. But, why?". USA TODAY. Retrieved August 17, 2019.

washingtonpost.com (Global: 35^th place; English: 24^th place)

David Montgomery (March 14, 2007). "Here Be Dragons". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 14, 2007.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Zeller Jr., Tom (October 26, 2006). "A New Campaign Tactic: Manipulating Google Data". The New York Times. p. A.20. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012.
Cohen, Noam (January 29, 2007). "Google Halts 'Miserable Failure' Link to President Bush". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
Price, Gary (May 16, 2005). "Google and Google Bombing Now Included New Oxford American Dictionary". Search Engine Watch. Archived from the original on January 27, 2007. Retrieved January 29, 2007..
Manjoo, Fahrad (January 25, 2001). "Google Link is Bush League". Wired News. Archived from the original on April 5, 2001. Retrieved January 26, 2007.
Calore, Michael; Scott Gilbertson (January 26, 2001). "Remembering the First Google Bomb". Wired. Archived from the original on February 25, 2007. Retrieved January 27, 2007.
Mathes, Adam (April 6, 2001). "Filler Friday: Google Bombing". Archived from the original on July 15, 2005.
Schoff, Hans. "How to Google Bomb - Mastering Internet Marketing Strategies | Hans Schoff's Official Home Based Income Blog". Hansschoff.com. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
The New Activism — Alex Jones and the Next Phase of the InfoWar
Pedone, Michael (October 27, 2005). "Google Bowling: How Competitors Can Sabotage You; What Google Should Do About It". Webpronews.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
"Yooter SEO blog". Yooter.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
Karch, Marziah. "Google Bombs Explained". About.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
""seraphim proudleduck" Contest Announcement". UK: Internet Archive. 2004. Archived from the original on November 1, 2004. Retrieved May 21, 2014. Salmonbones.co.uk is pleased to announce a contest in which anyone who has the ability to publish a page on the web can win. On January the 1st, 2005 at 1am (in the UK) the highest ranked page in google for the search term 'seraphim proudleduck' shall win its publisher £1000. A bonus prize exists for the highest ranked image in google for the same search term.
Dalton, Richard J. Jr. (March 13, 2003). "Internet Parody Hands French Military a Defeat". Newsday. p. A.27. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved February 4, 2007.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)(payment required, link goes to abstract) October 1, 2007
"The Google Bomb Story". Mahimoto. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
"The Arabian Gulf Google Bomb". The Persian Gulf. Archived from the original on February 20, 2010. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
"Bombardement Google à la française - Palpitt - Metablog". Palpitt. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
Yan Ang Filipina Archived Retrieved 22 October 2009
"Google'i otsing seob sõnad "masendav" ja "Keskerakond"". Postimees (in Estonian). October 21, 2005. Archived from the original on January 18, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
"Siedziba szatana w Radiu Maryja". Archived from the original on December 19, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
Miller, Jason Lee (January 29, 2008). "Scientology Bomb Cruises Past Google". WebProNews: Breaking eBusiness and Search News. iEntry, Inc. Archived from the original on February 1, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2008.
"Google bomb targets John Key". 3 News. September 12, 2008. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
"Corey Feldman is hurting…or is it a Google bomb?". Collegenews.com. Archived from the original on January 22, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
"Google Bomb Corey Feldman is hurting". Topgoogletrends.netcashdaily.net. July 8, 2009. Archived from the original on April 3, 2010. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
"Anti-Choicers Link "Abortion" To "Murder" On Google". Jezebel. February 25, 2011. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
Driscoll, Matt (December 14, 2011). "The truth about Craig James and those hookers". Weekly Volcano. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
Loznianu, Ramona. "Editor". Gândul. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012.
Kopytoff, Verne (January 26, 2004). "Google targeted by pranksters: Web site operators, bloggers skew results". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 31, 2004. Retrieved November 27, 2007.
"Companies subvert search results to squelch criticism". Online Journalism Review. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013.

webpronews.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Pedone, Michael (October 27, 2005). "Google Bowling: How Competitors Can Sabotage You; What Google Should Do About It". Webpronews.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
Miller, Jason Lee (January 29, 2008). "Scientology Bomb Cruises Past Google". WebProNews: Breaking eBusiness and Search News. iEntry, Inc. Archived from the original on February 1, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2008.

weeklyvolcano.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Driscoll, Matt (December 14, 2011). "The truth about Craig James and those hookers". Weekly Volcano. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2011.

wired.com (Global: 254^th place; English: 178^th place)

Manjoo, Fahrad (January 25, 2001). "Google Link is Bush League". Wired News. Archived from the original on April 5, 2001. Retrieved January 26, 2007.
Calore, Michael; Scott Gilbertson (January 26, 2001). "Remembering the First Google Bomb". Wired. Archived from the original on February 25, 2007. Retrieved January 27, 2007.
John Brandon (May 11, 2004). "Dropping the Bomb on Google". Wired. Retrieved July 9, 2010.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

search.worldcat.org

Brücken, Timo (February 5, 2013). "English Disco Lovers wollen rechtsextreme EDL von Google verdrängen". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
Lynskey, Dorian (February 1, 2013). "How to disco dance the EDL off Google and Facebook". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved August 5, 2026.

ycombinator.com (Global: low place; English: 8,851^st place)

news.ycombinator.com

"Attack GoDaddy - better than a boycott | Hacker News". News.ycombinator.com. Retrieved February 21, 2012.

yooter.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Yooter SEO blog". Yooter.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2010.

Google bombing (English Wikipedia)

3news.co.nz (Global: 6,122nd place; English: 3,598th place)

about.com (Global: 419th place; English: 335th place)

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forbes.com (Global: 71st place; English: 54th place)

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google.com (Global: 109th place; English: 87th place)

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independent.co.uk (Global: 46th place; English: 29th place)

jawapos.com (Global: 3,344th place; English: 5,109th place)

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jezebel.com (Global: 5,183rd place; English: 3,112th place)

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lehigh.edu (Global: low place; English: 7,353rd place)

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nytimes.com (Global: 7th place; English: 7th place)

ojr.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

plus.google.com (Global: 5,148th place; English: 9,757th place)

postimees.ee (Global: 1,699th place; English: 3,226th place)

salmonbones.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

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searchenginewatch.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

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sfgate.com (Global: 248th place; English: 142nd place)

smartbitchestrashybooks.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

snopes.com (Global: 1,669th place; English: 1,125th place)

sofiaecho.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

spiegel.de (Global: 87th place; English: 363rd place)

sydneysearchresultsptyltd.com.au (Global: low place; English: low place)

talkingpointsmemo.com (Global: low place; English: 6,134th place)

theatlantic.com (Global: 322nd place; English: 198th place)

theguardian.com (Global: 16th place; English: 11th place)

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time.com (Global: 84th place; English: 63rd place)

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wired.com (Global: 254th place; English: 178th place)

worldcat.org (Global: 4th place; English: 4th place)

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ycombinator.com (Global: low place; English: 8,851st place)

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yooter.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

3news.co.nz (Global: 6,122^nd place; English: 3,598^th place)

about.com (Global: 419^th place; English: 335^th place)

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; English: 10^th place)

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businesstoday.in (Global: 2,918^th place; English: 1,469^th place)

cnet.com (Global: 447^th place; English: 345^th place)

forbes.com (Global: 71^st place; English: 54^th place)

free.fr (Global: 283^rd place; English: 705^th place)

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google.com (Global: 109^th place; English: 87^th place)

googleblog.blogspot.com (Global: 6,935^th place; English: 8,461^st place)

independent.co.uk (Global: 46^th place; English: 29^th place)

jawapos.com (Global: 3,344^th place; English: 5,109^th place)

jezebel.com (Global: 5,183^rd place; English: 3,112^th place)

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lehigh.edu (Global: low place; English: 7,353^rd place)

news18.com (Global: 361^st place; English: 180^th place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

plus.google.com (Global: 5,148^th place; English: 9,757^th place)

postimees.ee (Global: 1,699^th place; English: 3,226^th place)

sfgate.com (Global: 248^th place; English: 142^nd place)

snopes.com (Global: 1,669^th place; English: 1,125^th place)

spiegel.de (Global: 87^th place; English: 363^rd place)

talkingpointsmemo.com (Global: low place; English: 6,134^th place)

theatlantic.com (Global: 322^nd place; English: 198^th place)

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

theregister.co.uk (Global: 1,877^th place; English: 1,233^rd place)

theverge.com (Global: 208^th place; English: 158^th place)

time.com (Global: 84^th place; English: 63^rd place)

usatoday.com (Global: 55^th place; English: 36^th place)

washingtonpost.com (Global: 35^th place; English: 24^th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

wired.com (Global: 254^th place; English: 178^th place)

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

ycombinator.com (Global: low place; English: 8,851^st place)