Who is a failure? Obama, if you do a Google search
Who is failure? If you trust Google's top search result to point you to the right answer, it's President Obama.
The culprit is not a politically charged search engine but rather a Google Bomb.
Such tricks have plagued the White House for some time. Nefarious bloggers exploit the way Google's algorithm surfaces relevant information by linking a word or group of words -- in this case, "who is failure" -- to a central Web page -- Barack Obama's White House profile page.
During President Bush's term, George W. Bush's profile frequently showed up on searches including "failure," "miserable failure" and "who is failure." Obama had inherited those "failures" when he took office and his profile was placed online.
For a while, Google seemed to have fixed the problem. But, as Search Engine Land's Danny Sullivan writes, the game is back on.
Until it's fixed, you can type in "who is failure" into a Google search box and, for a laugh, watch where it goes.
-- Mark Milian
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Obama is a failure!
Posted by: steve rodriguez | November 13, 2009 at 10:43 PM
utter, purposeful failure that is
Posted by: sotto | November 14, 2009 at 09:56 AM
Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, and all the delusional people that voted Obama into office are the failures.
Posted by: Chet | November 14, 2009 at 10:38 AM
No offense but ALMOST All people who voted Obama , junkies and germans are failures...YES GERMANS THOSE PIIP
And i meant i wasted these 72 seconds of my life to offend germans and i Will CONTINUE:
Like Danny Sullivan said: Game is back ON!
Posted by: lolledYOU | November 14, 2009 at 11:15 AM
The statement "For a while, Google seemed to have fixed the problem" is really scary. In a Freudian slip it tells us that we are being manipulated (by Google in this case, although Yahoo! have also some "accomplishments" in this respect).
If you trust the "mainstream" media and the information retrieval moguls and their agencies (Google, Yahoo!, etc.) then I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale that you might be interested in buyin.
Posted by: A Reader | November 14, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Google hit the nail on the head with that result!
Posted by: Anton | November 14, 2009 at 02:51 PM
It was shame for our US President Obama skipped the 20th year anniversary of the Berlin Wall fell. He refused to see the true freedom of the fall of Berlin Wall that liberated Eastern Europe from Communism oppression. This historic highpoint made the world peace between Russia and USA without firing a single shot. John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan were true political fighters against tyrants at Berlin Walls. That made American strengthens in those days. Now Obama avoided European allies and befriends with Asian countries for his attempt to bring our economy back. He actually gives away our economy and jobs to them. Outsourcing, transferring domestic manufacturing bases to Asia, trade deficits and weak US dollars are destroying our American wealth. Today, Obama made our country weak and crumple our economy into a dust. Unfortunately, Obama will be another Presidential failure.
Posted by: Unemployed Jeff | November 14, 2009 at 07:13 PM
Why is the President of the United States bowing before the emperor of Japan? Is he off of his f***in’ meds?
I am very upset. I am an Afro-American and my father, uncle and brother-in-law all fought in the Pacific Theater of Operations. I voted for him and I am ashamed! Next time I will vote for Mickey Mouse- if he will run!
Upset
Posted by: Upset | November 14, 2009 at 08:00 PM
Obama redefines the word failure. Get the bum out!
Where's the birth certificate?
Posted by: Captain Steve | November 15, 2009 at 11:42 AM
I still see "barrack obama" as result of "who is failure" query in Google search, but it has slipped to position 4th. The first one is now news results and others are videos and images from flickr.
Posted by: Googleverse | November 17, 2009 at 04:36 AM