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https://www.google.com/search?q=idiot
« on: July 17, 2018, 11:17:43 PM »
https://www.google.com/search?q=idiot

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Trump: how
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It is like that scene in Being John Malkovich where he is looking through his own head.

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Re: https://www.google.com/search?q=idiot
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2018, 05:04:36 PM »
try image search for 'liar'

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Re: https://www.google.com/search?q=idiot
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2018, 06:44:04 PM »
Mr. Mackin

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« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2018, 06:43:09 PM »
So the new sort of Googlebombing move then is not to point a bunch of keyword rich links at a particular site, but instead take advantage of a weakness in one of the vertical search options, get that to rank on the core term & then create a politicized news meme around it to make it permanent. :)

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Re: https://www.google.com/search?q=idiot
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2018, 12:00:10 AM »
>meme around it

I see two or three reddit threads per month that are created to do just that.  Usually a celebrity or sports star. Or Trump.