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Friday, December 12, 2003

Yes, a bit late posting this one. But it's amusing to see how easily Google can be manipulated. Search for "miserable failure" and you'll get... try it!

Explanations are here:
* BBC News
* NY Newsday

BTW, BBC News notes that this practice of "Google bombing" originated with Weblogger Adam Mathes who "invented" the practice in 2001, when he used it to link the phrase "talentless hack" to a friend's website (site no longer up).