John McCain Googlebomb Progress Report
by Chris Bowers, Thu Jan 18, 2007 at 08:16:05 AM EST
- The targeted article from CBS News, John McCain, is now 11th on Google searches for John McCain. Six days ago it was not in the top 100.
- When it comes to just searches for McCain, the targeted article is also currently 11th on Google.
- Similar articles are starting to appear on Google searches for John McCain. An MSNBC article entitled McCain calls for substantial, sustained surge is #15 and, amazingly, the MyDD tag for John McCain is #16.
- 1. Until we choose a new article, whenever you use the words McCain, John McCain, Senator John McCain, McCain 2008, or any other popular search term on McCain anywhere on the Internet, embed the words with a hyperlink to the currently targeted article.
- 2. If you have a blog or a website, place an embedded hyperlink to the currently targeted article into the templates of your blog. Instructions on how to do this, and why it is important, can be found here. This will multiply the impact of any Googlebomb on McCain several hundred times. This process is also helped if people on community websites place the appropriate embeded McCain hyperlink in the signature line of their user interface.
- 1. The article reflects John McCain in a negative way, such as describing a John McCain scandal, John McCain supporting Bush, John McCain sucking up to the right wing, John McCain supporting escalation, John McCain flip-flopping, etc.
- 2. It is a news article, not an op-ed or column.
- 3. It is from a well-known, mainstream news source, rather than a campaign site or partisan media source.
- 4. It contains the word "McCain" in the headline of the article.
- 5. It is already in the Google top 100 on searches for McCain, and will not be removed from the website it is on for some time.
- McCain is starting to fade badly in the conservative blogosphere, with only 4% support in the latest GOP bloggers poll.
- McCain's support among New Hampshire independents has dropped from 49% to 29%, according to American Research Group polling, largely because of his support for escalation.
- McCain finished in a distant fourth place in an Arizona Republican Party straw poll this week.
- MoveOn.org will soon air anti-escalation ads in New Hampshire and Iowa that point out escalation was McCain's idea all along.
Tags: Activism, Googlebomb 2008, John McCain, President 2008 (all tags)










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