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Oh Crap, Now Romney Has Google 'Dirty Name' Problem

Mark Russell — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:09:00 CST

First came Spreading Santorum , Dan Savage's crude attempt at redefining Rick Santorum's name on Google after Santorum said some crude things about gay people. Now comes Spreading Romney , a similar attempt to redefine Mitt Romney's name on the Internet—as a verb, meaning "to defecate in terror." The term is...

Google Search for 'Murder' Turns Up Abortion Entry

John Johnson — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:52:09 CST

Some tech-savvy opponents of abortion have manipulated Google's search results to send a message. As of this morning, the search for the word "murder" turns up the Wikipedia entry for abortion in the No. 2 slot, notes Jezebel . No word from Google yet, which has been working to make these...

Lefties Plot GOP Google Bomb

Rob Quinn — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:00:45 CDT

Look out, GOP: You're about to get Google-bombed. Liberal activist and Daily Kos honcho Chris Bowers is targeting 98 Republican House candidates in a Google campaign ahead of November's elections. He's urging the blog's readers to find potentially damaging news stories about the candidates and help push them up Google's...

Sarkozy Gets Google Bombed

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:28:13 CDT

Thousands of Google bombers have made their feelings about French president Nicolas Sarkozy known: He's a "trou du cul." That's "a crude French anatomical phrase," according to the Telegraph ; Urban Dictionary is more to the point: It means "a**hole." Search for the phrase on Google and, until recently at least,...

Video Sparks Hacker War vs. Scientology

Kevin Spak — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:04:18 CST

After the Church of Scientology removed a video of Tom Cruise calling his religion a “blast” from YouTube, the Internet world declared war. Hackers have been furiously shutting down and “Google bombing” Scientology's website while free-speech protesters gather and pranksters send white powder in envelopes to LA-area Scientology locations, the...

Feeling Lucky? 'Google Bomb' Polish Prez

Lucas Laursen — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:19:09 CDT

A Polish man who insulted the president by manipulating Google's search results may get a lot of time to think about what he's done—3 years behind bars. A hacker identified only as "Marek W." made president Lech Kaczynski's homepage the top match for a vulgar term for penis, Ars...