Dec 30, 2011
A programmer named Rob Kohr started a Google Bomb against Godaddy in retaliation for supporting SOPA via Google plus post, which was spread by Hacker News. According to him Attacking GoDaddy is better than boycotting it.
" A better way to fight SOPA
A programmer named Rob Kohr started a Google Bomb against Godaddy in retaliation for supporting SOPA via Google plus post, which was spread by Hacker News. According to him Attacking GoDaddy is better than boycotting it.
" A better way to fight SOPA
Add this somewhere in your webpage:
<a href="http://www.namecheap.com">Domain Registration</a>
This is referred to as a "google bomb" and it works by the fact that search ranking is based upon the the weight of the links pointed to a page. The name of the link helps them correlate the search terms that match with the link.
Namecheap was chosen as they have a high ranking (so they have a good chance at popping to the top) and has been vocal in being anti-SOPA. You can use the coupon code "SOPASucks" to get a discount there too. "
For those unaware with term 'Google Bomb', It refer to practices, such as creating large numbers of links, that cause a web page to have a high ranking for searches on unrelated or off topic keyword phrases, often for comical or satirical purposes.
Google's search-rank algorithm ranks pages higher for a particular search phrase if enough other pages linked to it using similar anchor text and that is the concept used here against GoDaddy.
<a href="http://www.namecheap.com">Domain Registration</a>
GoDaddy is #1 in google for "Domain Registration", but if enough people link to this, they will be nocked out of the coveted top spot. This will be a huge dent in their revenue stream, as I think their target audience are people that just chose the first google result.
This is referred to as a "google bomb" and it works by the fact that search ranking is based upon the the weight of the links pointed to a page. The name of the link helps them correlate the search terms that match with the link.
Namecheap was chosen as they have a high ranking (so they have a good chance at popping to the top) and has been vocal in being anti-SOPA. You can use the coupon code "SOPASucks" to get a discount there too. "
For those unaware with term 'Google Bomb', It refer to practices, such as creating large numbers of links, that cause a web page to have a high ranking for searches on unrelated or off topic keyword phrases, often for comical or satirical purposes.
Google's search-rank algorithm ranks pages higher for a particular search phrase if enough other pages linked to it using similar anchor text and that is the concept used here against GoDaddy.
