Google search results are notable fickle with the top match changing a couple of times a day as a site starts to challenge the top match. A couple of times today the top result for “Schillings“, the lawyers at the centre of the Alisher Usmanov censorship battle, has turned up a couple of websites closed down in their anti-free speech offensive.
Now, this is all well and good should the sites in question come back up soon and the original content still be available because it means Google will turn those sites up as a top match for “Schillings“. However, this is a bit dubious with Bloggerheads and Craig Murray as both blogs are still unavailable as I type. That’s the bad news. The good news is, the Schillings website is weak in Google terms and is ripe for a Googlebomb.
Personally, I will be linking the word Schillings to Chicken Yoghurt’s list of websites that are covering the story.
Hiya – if you’re thinkign of a googlebomb – have a quicklook at goodbomb / badbomb that systematizes that and please please please send me your feedback –
i think googlebombs are a fabulous expression of popular opinion officiated by one of the fairest and objective measurement tools (google rankings) and should be used for all sorts of good
cheers earnest