Smoke, little fire

Not to say I told you so, but googlebombing (especially via blogs) is a losing proposition. Wired notes that Jew Watch fell from it’s number one ranking in Google results for “Jew,” but it has now returned to that top spot. I also think that while this is offensive to many people, that it may be wrong to shoot the messanger. Either way, googlebombing as a form of social protest holds little potential, IMHO.

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  1. By scribblingwoman on 5/12/2004 at 1:21 pm

    Googlebomb update
    Alex Halavais points out that the recent googlebombing of the word “jew” was only successful in the short term, questions…

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