failure

**Jason** · 09-17-2005, 01:09 PM

Go ahead, google failure, say I'm feeling lucky when googling it. I dare you. Even't if you don't agree with it, you got to admit, its rather funny.

elf · 09-17-2005, 01:19 PM

hahahahahahaha wow

**Fox** · 09-17-2005, 01:27 PM

The amazing part is that the word "failure" doesn't even show up anywhere on that website.

DJ Specs · 09-17-2005, 01:47 PM

Man, that is crazy!

**superflysmith** · 09-17-2005, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fox

The amazing part is that the word "failure" doesn't even show up anywhere on that website.

It doesn't have to. It's what is called google bombing.

Snopes says...
It was the result of a "Google bombing" project organized by George Johnston back at the end of October 2003, in which he used his blog to urge others to include links connecting the phrase "miserable failure" (a term used prominently by Democratic hopeful Dick Gephardt) with the President's biography in their own web sites and blogs:

Let's get everyone to link to http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html with the words "Miserable Failure." Our goal is to make Shrubya the top google pick.

It's fun, it's easy just <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html">Miserable Failure</a> in your favorite web page will look like Miserable Failure

According to Mr. Johnston's progress report, by the last week of November 2003 the Bush biography was the #2 result on Google for "miserable failure," and — after more and more netizens implemented the same link on their sites and urged others to do the same — it reached the top spot soon afterward. (A #1 ranking at Google brings the added bonus of returning the targeted site when users select the search engine's "I'm Feeling Lucky" button.)

**Fox** · 09-17-2005, 02:06 PM

well, it worked.

Emporer_D · 09-18-2005, 12:05 AM

Omg Rofl

**jgvernonco** · 09-18-2005, 08:44 AM

:4-rolling

**Grove** · 09-18-2005, 06:41 PM

:4-rolling

Volt-Schwibe · 09-18-2005, 08:48 PM

google bombing, that's great.

~~PurpleSky~~ · 09-21-2005, 08:13 PM

there is one more about Bush and its kind of ugly but depending on your perspective you can find it very amuzing. Can tell it via pm if interested :)

v-six · 09-21-2005, 09:12 PM

the term "miserable failure" has also been google bombed in the same way... that's how I heard of it originally

09-17-2005, 01:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jason Happy Halloween Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 6,841 OS: Windows XP My System Blog Entries: 2	failure Go ahead, google failure, say I'm feeling lucky when googling it. I dare you. Even't if you don't agree with it, you got to admit, its rather funny. __________________ Posting Tips \| Advice for New People \| Common Fixes \| 60 men all lost at sea, all of them drunk except for me. 'Twas I who had to brave the storm with nothing in sight to keep me warm.

09-17-2005, 01:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
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09-17-2005, 01:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
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09-17-2005, 01:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
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09-17-2005, 02:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
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09-18-2005, 12:05 AM	#7 (permalink)
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09-18-2005, 08:44 AM	#8 (permalink)
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09-18-2005, 06:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
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09-18-2005, 08:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
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09-21-2005, 08:13 PM	#11 (permalink)
~~PurpleSky~~ Register user Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2,130 OS: n/a	there is one more about Bush and its kind of ugly but depending on your perspective you can find it very amuzing. Can tell it via pm if interested :)

09-21-2005, 09:12 PM	#12 (permalink)
v-six Manager Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: High Falls, NY Posts: 2,069 OS: OS X for mac, XP Pro for PC	the term "miserable failure" has also been google bombed in the same way... that's how I heard of it originally __________________ mysql> --i-am-a-dummy Brewing up something good at vervesix...