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- benc, on 10/12/2007, -2/+252> Well, Google owns Blogspot, right? ;)
In this case, Blogspot owned Google. :-( - MattCutts, on 10/12/2007, -5/+187Hi, I work at Google and I'll check on this. My impression was that something was happening in the migration from the old blogger to the new version of blogger, but I'll definitely check with the blogger team about tackling this.
- mathew_bug, on 10/12/2007, -5/+75Well, Google owns Blogspot, right? ;)
- SourWorm, on 10/12/2007, -5/+71"what's a "bomb?" I'm just a beginning geek--female--so please let me in. Plus the topic is of great interest to me. STudent loans!"
Run for the hills! - jinglee, on 10/12/2007, -2/+63Didn't Google only recently clarify that their new algorithm prevents Google bombs? Or was it just one edit made to 'Miserable failure"
- UglieJosh, on 10/12/2007, -3/+63At first I thought that there is no way that this was a Google bomb. The links weren't controversial and too close to the topic, who would waste their time on this? Then I checked other search engines.
http://www.ask.com/web?q=how+student+loans+affect+fico+score
Look how much more varied and relevant the results Jeeves gave me are. - DocDEB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+59@ Kareema:
Google is your friend.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=google+bomb&btnG=Google+Search
Sometimes. - apotropaic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+47Actually he does work at google dumbass. On googles webspam team as a matter of fact.
- mathew_bug, on 10/12/2007, -3/+44But your reply isn't where it's supposed to be.
- Ahnteis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+41This isn't a google bomb, this is SEO spam.
- gotdilbert, on 10/12/2007, -1/+39http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html
- Mylonite, on 10/12/2007, -3/+39A tip for beginner geeks of assorted gender: unless it's particularly witty, you lose e-penis inches and cup sizes if you answer a question with facts you pulled out of your ass.
- vdxc, on 09/29/2008, -3/+35Matt Cutts really does work at Google and he really is on the web spam team; before you all consider digging apotropaic down.
(his site/blog is: http://mattcutts.com/ )
foobar5892: research before insulting others. A simple query for "Matt Cutts" and a click on the Wikipedia result would have told you that he is a Google employee. - ayeroxor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+31quick fix:
how student loans affect fico score -blogspot
http://www.google.com/search?q=how+student+loans+affect+fico+score+-blogspot
....know your operators... - akira117, on 10/12/2007, -4/+35last page: http://www.google.com/search?q=how+student+loans+affect+fico+score&hl=en&start=990&sa=N
- Blandyman, on 10/12/2007, -4/+34Kareema:
A Google bomb is when the searches are fuddled up but any particular website or group of websites, in which case a result not exactly linked to what you were REALLY looking for shows up at the top or near the top of the results.
Examples:
Miserable Failures used to lead to a website about George W. Bush.
French Victories used to lead to a Google page saying no results could be found.
Edit: docdeb sort of beat to it. - Kareema, on 10/12/2007, -25/+55what's a "bomb?" I'm just a beginning geek--female--so please let me in. Plus the topic is of great interest to me. STudent loans!
- sctechguy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31"what's a "bomb?" I'm just a beginning geek--female--so please let me in"
This is a bomb, apparently: http://dl.tv/images/player_0136.jpg - fr3nch13, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25No, I'm in know way associated with this. I was trying to find out how student loans affect my credit score because I am looking for a house soon.
- dasluvaluva, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23@AZNL473ncy
No, that's just a segment of "google bombs."
The real (best) example is how tons of bloggers and site owners all linked to the White House biography of George W. Bush using "Miserable Failure" as the link text. When tons of website all "agree" that "Miserable Failure" is best defined by GWB's biography, Google picks up on it & displays the agreed-upon url near the top of the list.
That's a google bomb. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_bomb) - diktator279, on 10/12/2007, -6/+23Don't blame google for this, people have just figured out how to skew search results and are manipulating it to spam googlers
- MrUnderbridge, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19"Don't blame google for this, people have just figured out how to skew search results and are manipulating it to spam googlers"
It's Google's job to stay ahead of them. Tough job, sure, but it is their core business, and the reason they stole the market from Altivista et al. Even Google have claimed that returning relevant results is their job. - fr3nch13, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19Nope, not what I'm getting. Here's the text from the first 3:
true... - Does Frequent Credit Check Affects Fico Score - Where ...
junyangrocks.blogspot.com/ - 27k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
wow... - Why Does Checking Credit Effect Fico Score In Canada ...
capablewithjupiter.blogspot.com/ - 28k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
mmm... - Fico Scores Personal Good Bad - Will It Affect My Fico ...
myheterotopia.blogspot.com/ - 26k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this - b3mus3d, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16liveFastDieOld-
it's an old joke. Often, when there's a big geek topic of interest people claim to be someone with authority on the subject (for example, before the iPhone came out they might've claimed they worked at apple)
this one guy commented on some subject with a message similar to that of foobar's and became sort of web famous. It's funny because the message was so vague and obviously fake. Now when a similar situation occurs, people adapt the message to the situation (which is easy, as it's vague) as a joke.
Basically, foobar is jokingly saying that the other guy doesn't work for google and is faking.
hope that helps :) running jokes on the web can be confusing if you miss something. - hkarpf6045, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20Thats actually pretty impressive.
- chaser324, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15So why am I getting different search results??
- pixelate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15annualcreditreport.com is a better link. the others are the individual credit bureau websites and more often than not try to get you to sign up for a monthly wallet reaming.
- asdfrewq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14"So why am I getting different search results??"
I assume Google customizes search results based on prior searching habits and other information it knows about you.
It could also be because you're accessing a different server that has had the problem fixed. I assume it would take quite a while to fix something like this completely. - bjohns, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Did you really check 200 links?
- soogy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Actually, the proper way to filter out blogspot is with -site:blogspot.com
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+student+loans+affect+fico+score+-site%3Ablogspot.com
If you do -blogspot, any page that even contains the text "blogspot" (which might otherwise contain useful information) would be blocked. - spidoman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Let's be fair guys, I AM actually looking for myheterotopia.blogspot.com/
:P - chaser324, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Is this what you guys are seeing?
http://img169.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=23763_untitled_122_54lo.jpg
That's what I see, and when I click the links I definitely go to different sites. - mikeroySoft, on 10/19/2009, -1/+12are you a rich-silver-spoon-in-the-ass-jerk or are you just stupid?
- allenu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Gee, you think?
- MrPig, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I have no idea you lucky bastard. :P
- mrtwista, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10All these comments and not one person has even bothered to answer the question he posed in his google search.
"How student loans affect fico score?"
Sorry, I can't answer that for you. - chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13they all come from *.blogspot.com
blogspot is free to setup so getting all those blogs that high with the keywords used is obviously spam/google bomb - cybermage, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10No, it's not fixed yet. The first 200 links definately all take you to 1500payday
- G-RaZoR, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9This isn't the only query, the other day I searched for something and all the results came up with a little "expression" as the first word in each result.
- vj8usa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I'm still seeing the same (blogspot) links. For a temporary solution, you could always filter out the blogspot results (by adding -site:blogspot.com). That gives a ton of legitimate results. This obviously needs to be fixed, though.
- Woofcat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I am also getting the same results as you, I am from Canada, were are you from?
- SourWorm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Do you have google saving your search history and therefore it is affecting your searches?
- LiveFastDieOld, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9As previously reported, Google's new search algorithm has largely eliminated Googlebombing (or at least, the previous incarnation of it).
So, yeah, this isn't a Googlebomb, per se, but it's WAY more than your run-of-the-mill SEO spam if it really dominates the top 100 entries. This is like Googlenuking. - chaser324, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@sourworm: Nope, I'm not using Google Search History.
- jccstatus, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11Try this if you really want actual sites
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+student+loans+affect+fico+score+-blogspot - wvdavis, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12@ fr3nch13 - May I suggest you check your credit score at one of three credit reporting agencies.
www.equifax.com
www.transunion.com
www.experian.com - seanieb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7
Beaten to it by fr3nch13 -Nope, I'm see a bunch of sites that are all from blogspot.com - JakePM, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Thanks Matt.
- mathew_bug, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10huh...nope.
- 2000, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10fr3nch13, You can check your true FICO score at http://www.myfico.com/ .
You can use the code CPPSAVINGS to get 20% off of your order.
You can get all three credit scores for $38.28 so there will be no guessing on what student loans do/have done to your FICO score.
You can also find out a lot about your credit here: http://creditboards.com/forums/ and http://www.debt-consolidation-credit-repair-service.com/forums/
The second forum has a lame domain name, I know; but they are both good sites with plenty of information and a helpful community.
Looking over my comment, it sounds a lot like spam. It's not. I am just trying to help out and these resources have helped me in the past and continue to do so. -
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