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Feeling Lucky, Jew? Bumping a spite-site from the G-spot
Thursday April 01st 2004, 5:54 pm
Filed under: popular demand

So, here’s the situation.


Noticing that the G-spot for “Jew” is an anti-semitic site,
Informed by the G-Man that they’re not arbiters of propriety,
Someone decides to make a more suitable site the top hit.


Asking his friends to rally round,
Choosing the Wikipedia article [[Jew]] for its fine qualities,
(“…most inclusive, non-denominational, and democratic source…”)
He initiates a G-juicing campaign.     


In a week, the article’s ranking rises to the first page of results, but
not yet to the hotseat.  I love the idea and I love Wikipedia —
why is this the first positive googlebomb I’ve heard of?   — S.

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