Fri 13 Apr 2007
Stephen Colbert has gotten his legion of loyal fans to commandeer online voting to name a bridge in Hungary and a hockey team mascot in Michigan. Colbert’s suggestions to change Wikipedia listings have driven Wikipedia editors to the edge of a nervous breakdown.
Now he’s taking satirical aim at Google search results.
During the question and answer period before the April 11th show, he was asked if he ever considered doing any Google Bombing. After a brief explanation, Stephen replied, “I can do that? Great, I would like to be first on Google for Greatest Living American
So, Colbert Nation, find a web page, blog or forum and add a link to the http://www.colbertnation.com with the link description of “The Greatest Living American” (don’t include the quotes).
April 16th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
He does does understand that google uses tools that twart google bombing right?
April 16th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
wtf stephen colbert best liveing american well let me say this SCREW HIM . . . offends the crap out of australians he aint even a mate to any one so looks like he can punch me in the face then > > > MATE
April 16th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
http://www.colbertnation.com Greatest living american
April 16th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
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April 16th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
No One
The Google algorithm change to thwart Google Bombing works..to a certain degree. They are based on the assumption that the page you link to doesn’t contain any of the words from the link. Notice that the original post links to a letter from Stephen that contains some of the words in question.
That’s why the “miserable failure” bomb stopped working, but many other Google Bombs still do.
I have been assured that enough links will do the trick..but it wouldn’t hurt to have Comedy Central cooperate.
April 16th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Stop your complaining and bow down… Colbert is your ruler!!!
Obey his authoritie! {>.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:03 am
Who is Stephen Colbert?
April 17th, 2007 at 12:15 am
[…] Stephen Colbert Declares War on Google Filed under: Uncategorized — recar @ 8:09 am Stephen Colbert Declares War on Google In the q&a before the April 11th taping of The Colbert Report the discussion of Google bombing came up and Colbert told the audience he would like to be known as the “greatest living American” and asked everyone in the audience to link to him using that text. Will he be able to shakeup Google like he did with the Wikipedia?[celebrity] [entertainment] [news] [war] […]
April 17th, 2007 at 1:15 am
http://www.colbertnation.com Greatest living American
April 17th, 2007 at 2:18 am
Google recently implemented tools that stop Google bombing.
If you search for miserable failure Bush is no longer there.
April 17th, 2007 at 2:44 am
When searching for that phrase, he is all ready at number seven. So… I guess it does work?
April 17th, 2007 at 4:18 am
no one: You realize that he’s a comedian right?
April 17th, 2007 at 4:52 am
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April 17th, 2007 at 5:04 am
to Sean (above):
Look man, it’s an act. If you can’t detect the humor and sarcasm spread six inches thick all over the Colbert Report, do the whole world a favor: Unplug your television, wrap the cord around your neck, and throw it out your window.
April 17th, 2007 at 5:21 am
[…] April 17th, 2007 Steven Colbert has declared war on Google, wanting us to bomb the search term Greatest Living American. This blog would be a perfect place to do just that, however i’ll do it after the break…. […]
April 17th, 2007 at 7:01 am
“greatest living american” that is not dead.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:48 am
…Where would the world be w/out google bombing? =P
April 17th, 2007 at 8:14 am
Colbert the Greatest Living American?!? We’ll let google decide
April 17th, 2007 at 8:45 am
Colbert? Great American or THE GREATEST American?! Good question, Mr. Measurement. You’re a genius and deserve the Colbert Nation Medal of Honor.
April 17th, 2007 at 10:39 am
Hell, who could blame him? I’d like to be #1 under “best American ever. ever.” in Google.
And yeah, it’s humor. For those of you w/o sarcasm detectors: He’s not actually a Bush supporter, he does not let God decide his next move, and (possibly) he doesn’t like ice cream.
-_Scott
April 17th, 2007 at 11:08 am
How do we go about with this google bombing. How do you do it?
April 17th, 2007 at 11:09 am
http://www.colbertnation.com Greatest Living American
April 17th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Sean, are you serious? 99% of Colbert’s ego is being the penultimate American.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
I wonder who the greatest dead American is?
April 18th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
How the hell does he offend Australia? He probably doesn’t even know what Australia is, hence, has never mentioned it once in his life Sean.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
As of Thursday, Apr 19 according to Google the greatest living american is … Steven Colbert
Great job at googlebomb filtering there!