Google on "failure" returns Bush Bio on feeling lucky - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

petsho · 09-12-2005, 12:18 AM

The folks at google are apparently at it again.

The top response on "failure" is a Bush Bio
http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html

George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States. He was sworn into office on January 20, 2001, re-elected on November 2, 2004, and sworn in for a second term on January 20, 2005. Prior ...

I presume everyone remembers the Howrad Dean announcement during the runup to the elections that google was returning Bush Bio on "miserable failure."

Simplicity is always better.

Silvy · 09-12-2005, 12:30 AM

hehe nice find.

Gotta love subliminable messaging

djtestudo · 09-12-2005, 03:01 AM

This wasn't that funny three years ago.

Seaver · 09-12-2005, 04:01 AM

Petsho, please learn from your previous post. These forums require an intelligent post on legitimate reasons for a viewpoint and hopefully an intelligent discussion will follow. Even though I generally support Bush, there's tons to pick from on reasons not to. Go back, and try again please.

tecoyah · 09-12-2005, 04:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seaver

Petsho, please learn from your previous post. These forums require an intelligent post on legitimate reasons for a viewpoint and hopefully an intelligent discussion will follow.

I was pretty much going to PM you with this message Petsho.....please read and understand it.

Bill O'Rights · 09-12-2005, 04:26 AM

Even as a non-supporter of the current administration, I fail to see how these "mudballs", that are being flung, add anything to the discourse on the politics board.
In fact...rather than just close the thread, it's going to Tilted Nonsense, where it belongs.

Astrocloud · 09-12-2005, 05:15 AM

I'm not really sure why your stickin it here.

philanderer · 09-12-2005, 02:38 PM

Is it really a mudball? It sure is controversial and clearly an attack by one view of thinking, but any view/statement can be seen as a mudball or attack. Intelligence, furthermore, is all relative. I don't doubt that this is a blatant attack on the Administration, but I believe the message. Bush has done little or nothing that has led to success and his record low poll numbers show that as a president he is a failure.

Karby · 09-12-2005, 03:53 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_joke

life is the sitcom...and this was funny the first time around...but then it just kept going around...and around...and around...

now i'm just ready to shoot it in the ass and let it die...

and i'm not exactly a fan of bush either..

drainpipe · 09-12-2005, 04:21 PM

I hear they have the internet on computers now.

Also, there's this hilarious badger badger flash movies you guys have to see.

TexanAvenger · 09-12-2005, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by drainpipe

I hear they have the internet on computers now.

Also, there's this hilarious badger badger flash movies you guys have to see.

I found this ridiculously funny for some reason.

Just thought I'd point that out.

CSflim · 10-04-2005, 04:17 PM

Out of curiosity:
So how do people do these sort of jokes? Do they sponsor a word or phrase with google? (But they normally appear explicitly as 'sponsored results'). Or do they just create lots of fake pages linking to the site with the word 'failure' as the hyperlink text? Or how do they manage it?

10-04-2005, 08:03 PM

It all depends on how Google (or whatever search engine you're trying to hack) ranks its pages. The latest methods are reportedly based on the number of links feeding into a page, so you might attempt something like this by having lots of links from hundreds/thousands of blogs, fora and other pages pointing to the page you've created. If you choose an innocuous enough word, it shouldn't be too difficult to achieve this kind of effect even now.

BigBen · 10-28-2005, 08:46 AM

Just got this in an e-mail. I laughed my ass off.

Then I wondered what would happen if that happened to me. Not so funny.

How does this happen, and why doesn't google fix the problem?

Still funny though

Edit: And I would like the "Atta Boy" award from a Mod or Admin for doing a successful SEARCH for this topic and posting to the relevant thread.

I may be late on the jokes, but remember how far north I am. News travels by dogsled sometimes. (literally)

CSflim · 10-28-2005, 09:45 AM

Heheheh. It looks like the dubya fans are fighting back! No. 2 on google for failure is michaelmoore.com!

Rodney · 10-29-2005, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Seaver

Petsho, please learn from your previous post. These forums require an intelligent post on legitimate reasons for a viewpoint and hopefully an intelligent discussion will follow.

Am I misunderstanding the charter of a forum called "Tilted Nonsense?"

spectre · 10-29-2005, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Rodney

Am I misunderstanding the charter of a forum called "Tilted Nonsense?"

Not at all, but since this started in the Politics forum and was moved here...

Da Munk · 10-29-2005, 06:38 PM

For those who were asking, this is the result of a practice called google bombing, which you can read more about here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Bomb. Google is aware of this, but doesn't want to alter search results by hand to undo it.

Slavakion · 10-30-2005, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by drainpipe

I hear they have the internet on computers now.

Also, there's this hilarious badger badger flash movies you guys have to see.

There's this new website called Homestar Runner with LOTS of awesome flash movies.

09-12-2005, 12:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
petsho Upright	Google on "failure" returns Bush Bio on feeling lucky The folks at google are apparently at it again. The top response on "failure" is a Bush Bio http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States. He was sworn into office on January 20, 2001, re-elected on November 2, 2004, and sworn in for a second term on January 20, 2005. Prior ... I presume everyone remembers the Howrad Dean announcement during the runup to the elections that google was returning Bush Bio on "miserable failure." Simplicity is always better.

09-12-2005, 12:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
Silvy paranoid Location: The Netherlands	hehe nice find. Gotta love subliminable messaging __________________ "Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. " - Murphy MacManus (Boondock Saints)

09-12-2005, 03:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
djtestudo Baltimoron Location: Beeeeeautiful Bel Air, MD	This wasn't that funny three years ago. __________________ "Final thought: I just rented Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine. Frankly, it was the worst sports movie I've ever seen." --Peter Schmuck, The (Baltimore) Sun

09-12-2005, 04:26 AM	#6 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	Even as a non-supporter of the current administration, I fail to see how these "mudballs", that are being flung, add anything to the discourse on the politics board. In fact...rather than just close the thread, it's going to Tilted Nonsense, where it belongs. __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

09-12-2005, 03:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
Karby Psycho Location: somewhere	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_joke life is the sitcom...and this was funny the first time around...but then it just kept going around...and around...and around... now i'm just ready to shoot it in the ass and let it die... and i'm not exactly a fan of bush either.. __________________ ~my karma ran over my dogma.~

09-12-2005, 04:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
Seaver Junkie Location: Fort Worth, TX	Petsho, please learn from your previous post. These forums require an intelligent post on legitimate reasons for a viewpoint and hopefully an intelligent discussion will follow. Even though I generally support Bush, there's tons to pick from on reasons not to. Go back, and try again please.

09-12-2005, 05:15 AM	#7 (permalink)
Astrocloud Apocalypse Nerd	I'm not really sure why your stickin it here.

09-12-2005, 02:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
philanderer Upright	Is it really a mudball? It sure is controversial and clearly an attack by one view of thinking, but any view/statement can be seen as a mudball or attack. Intelligence, furthermore, is all relative. I don't doubt that this is a blatant attack on the Administration, but I believe the message. Bush has done little or nothing that has led to success and his record low poll numbers show that as a president he is a failure.

09-12-2005, 04:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
drainpipe Tilted	I hear they have the internet on computers now. Also, there's this hilarious badger badger flash movies you guys have to see. Last edited by drainpipe; 09-12-2005 at 04:24 PM..

10-04-2005, 04:17 PM	#12 (permalink)
CSflim Sky Piercer Location: Ireland	Out of curiosity: So how do people do these sort of jokes? Do they sponsor a word or phrase with google? (But they normally appear explicitly as 'sponsored results'). Or do they just create lots of fake pages linking to the site with the word 'failure' as the hyperlink text? Or how do they manage it? __________________

10-04-2005, 08:03 PM	#13 (permalink)
zen_tom Guest	It all depends on how Google (or whatever search engine you're trying to hack) ranks its pages. The latest methods are reportedly based on the number of links feeding into a page, so you might attempt something like this by having lots of links from hundreds/thousands of blogs, fora and other pages pointing to the page you've created. If you choose an innocuous enough word, it shouldn't be too difficult to achieve this kind of effect even now.

10-28-2005, 08:46 AM	#14 (permalink)
BigBen Comedian Location: Use the search button	Just got this in an e-mail. I laughed my ass off. Then I wondered what would happen if that happened to me. Not so funny. How does this happen, and why doesn't google fix the problem? Still funny though Edit: And I would like the "Atta Boy" award from a Mod or Admin for doing a successful SEARCH for this topic and posting to the relevant thread. I may be late on the jokes, but remember how far north I am. News travels by dogsled sometimes. (literally) __________________ 3.141592654 Hey, if you are impressed with my memorizing pi to 10 digits, you should see the size of my penis. Last edited by BigBen; 10-28-2005 at 08:56 AM.. Reason: Something important to add

10-28-2005, 09:45 AM	#15 (permalink)
CSflim Sky Piercer Location: Ireland	Heheheh. It looks like the dubya fans are fighting back! No. 2 on google for failure is michaelmoore.com! __________________

10-29-2005, 06:38 PM	#18 (permalink)
Da Munk Crazy	For those who were asking, this is the result of a practice called google bombing, which you can read more about here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Bomb. Google is aware of this, but doesn't want to alter search results by hand to undo it.