April 14, 2004

Can We Googlebomb "Rapper?"

Recently somebody noticed that when you searched for "jew" in google, the first result that came up was a site devoted to antisemitic propaganda. So a campaign spread throughout blogville to googlebomb the word jew, by constantly posting jew as a link to the word's definition on wikipedia.org, which can eventually "trick" google into making wikipedia's entry the #1 result.

As noted by mediadrop, the good "jew" and the evil "jew" are now running neck-and-neck for the top spot, and depending on how you access google, wikipedia may already be come in first.

Quite impressive, the success of this geek activism (geektivism?). And it reminded me that when I put the word "rapper" in google a while ago, the first page was full of results either didn't relate to hip-hop at all, or made a mockery of it. So I checked again tonight, and here's what i got:

Result #1 champions a traditional English dance known as the "rapper sword dance." Result #2 belongs to a dentist named Rapper Dentist Daddy, whose site explains: "Gold crowns can be made as part of your permanent smile, or in some cases a removable appliance can be made to cover your natural teeth when you want that "Hip Hop" look."

The next few entries are satirical offerings from Ali G and MC Steven Hawking, who are both pretty damn funny, I will admit (f**k the creationists!). But still, I'm saying..

If you search for "hip-hop," all ten first-page results are genuine representations of hip-hop culture. So why can't we have just one top result for "rapper" that belongs to an actual rapper?

Needless to say, I don't mean to belittle the issue of anti-semitism by suggesting this cause is of equal importance. But for real. I want to see if we can get this done. Somebody just needs to pick out a page for us to use.. Any ideas?

(An alternative solution: We could have the greatest rapper of all time right up top, if we convinced Rakim to stop doing promos for goldteethusa.com and become Rapper Dentist Daddy's spokesperson instead.)

Posted by jsmooth995 at April 14, 2004 01:25 AM
Comments

like the idea of google activism. btw, maybe it's just my computer (probably is) but i can't seem to access the links on ur freestyle archive. help?

Posted by: qdizl at April 14, 2004 02:46 AM

Oh yeah, I forgot that. I need to update most of the links on that page. Will do that in the next day or two.

Posted by: Jay Smooth at April 14, 2004 02:52 AM

Goldteethusa.com: Who needs a new computer when you can spend your tax refund there. That's a scary site. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: James at April 14, 2004 09:24 AM

I'm in on this one when something good comes up to link to... Definitely.

Posted by: Tom at April 14, 2004 10:30 AM

So here's a possibility... Wikipedia has a page for "rappers". It lists a whole grip. Maybe?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapper

I'm into it...

Posted by: Lee at April 14, 2004 10:48 AM

I'm down too. I vote for the wikipedia link Lee suggested.

Posted by: Michael at April 14, 2004 01:32 PM

I thought rapper dentist daddy was legit. dinnit C-Murder do a track abuot him?

Posted by: noixe at April 14, 2004 02:32 PM

Well he's legit in the sense that he actually exists, and gives gold teeth to rappers.. but if somebody wanted to know what a "rapper" is would you send them to that page?

Posted by: Jay Smooth at April 14, 2004 03:43 PM

I'm all for it! =)

Posted by: ahmed at April 14, 2004 06:22 PM

Not to be cynical or anything, but to be honest, I don't quite see the advantage of this.

I do see advantages to Googlebombing, for example, the recent bomb dropped on "Air America," the new liberal radio network. When it first launched, searching on Google for it was a daunting task. After a successful Googlebombing, well, check it out for yourself - it's one of the top links.

I do not, however, see the advantage for "jew" or "rapper." Let me put it this way: who the hell would search for 'Jew' in a search engine? What could someone possibly want to find by searching for jew? Or rapper? The only possibility I can think of would be a definition, and if that's the case, let me put it this way: who has access to the internet, will use Google to make a search, but DOESN'T already know what a jew and a rapper are? C'mon, now.

I just don't understand any sort of advantage of these general-term Googlebombs, such as jew or rapper. Why would that matter? On the other hand, specific bombs such as Air America have a definite useful effect. Thanks to the Googlebomb, internet users curious about this new radio station they heard of can now much easier find it.

Can anyone explain to me why I should care about this? Jay?

Posted by: Mickey at April 14, 2004 10:30 PM

I was going to agree with Lee, then Mickey came real.

I'm all about Googlebombing the phrase "Black for Bush" to go to a site bought by a friend:

http://www.blacksforbush.org

No, it's not what you think.

Posted by: ronn at April 14, 2004 11:24 PM

Mickey: Yes, you are being too cynical. :) It's not meant to have such a concrete, practical purpose. It's the principle of it, as OC would say.

Posted by: Jay Smooth at April 15, 2004 12:15 AM

Man, ronn, you need to get your BFB friend onto making some T-shirts. I'd buy 20 - that's some great shit.

Posted by: David at April 15, 2004 10:23 AM

I'm in on this one when something good comes up to link to... Definitely.

Posted by: kevin at April 16, 2004 11:32 AM

Well, thanks ronn, I'm glad someone agrees with me.

Jay: principal? Pffft.

Sorry, I don't have any more to say than that. :)

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