# The Bush Google Bomb

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-google-bomb/218530>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 12, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-google-bomb/218530 "2003-12-12T05:05:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-google-bomb/218530/21 "2003-12-14T04:51:59Z")

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another Bush googlebomb is:  
Type “chimpanzee” and press the “I’m feeling lucky” button.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-google-bomb/218530/22 "2003-12-16T01:05:52Z")

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Looks like they short-circuited this at Google so it doesn’t work anymore. I wonder how often they have to do this?

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-google-bomb/218530/23 "2003-12-16T01:22:58Z")

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Still works for me.

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**Author:** ![lilabet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b38774/32.png) [@lilabet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilabet)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-google-bomb/218530/24 "2003-12-16T15:55:17Z")

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This is the most fun I’ve had all day!!!

Ta guys!

Lil

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-google-bomb/218530/25 "2003-12-16T15:58:57Z")

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That’s odd, it’s working for me again too. I wonder if they short-circuited it, but it came back again after a new “census” of the web.

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**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-google-bomb/218530/26 "2003-12-16T16:34:44Z")

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Why would Google want to short-circuit it?

They have been asked about this and other Google-bombs and basically their reply was “We just show what’s on the internet. If this is what people are saying and linking it’s not our job to stop it.”

Obviously enough web pages (and hence people) reckon it’s relevant match for Google to rank it at the top. Google’s only concern is when a single site/company/individual attempts to manipulate their ranking and cause search results that **don’t** represent what the internet as a whole says.

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