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October 23, 2006

The Election 2006 Republican Googlebomb

Topics: Political News and commentaries

Last night, John Hawkins learned that Chris Bowers over at the leftwing blog MyDD has been organizing a Googlebomb campaign for the 2006 election. John writes that he usually thinks Googlebombs are kind of dumb, and notes that one of the most famous Googlebombs involved making George Bush's name come up under the words "miserable failure," about which his reaction was, "Cute, but so what?"

However, according to John, believe it or not, in this case, a Googlebomb could actually have an impact.

Think about it. Who would be doing a Google Search on a particular candidate in the final days of a campaign? Probably an independent voter who is trying to get more information about a candidate. And, if the first article he runs across is a brutal hit piece, well, that could be the information that helps him make up his mind.

Would it play out that way in every case? No, but in big districts, if there's particularly damaging information out there, a Googlebomb could have the potential to sway hundreds of voters.

So, what's to be done? Well, in my opinion, we should simply fight fire with fire. That's why I put together a list of key races for Republican blogs to Googlebomb. How do you do that? Simply view source, grab the HTML below, and post it on your blog or in a forum that you frequent. Then, once Google picks it up, the links on these candidates should rocket up charts and help even the playing field for the GOP in the key races.

So in order that we do our share of helping out with a Republican Googlebomb, we've posted the appropriate links below:

Posted by Richard at October 23, 2006 10:48 AM

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