Google bomb

Google bomb

Informal.
noun
1.
an effort to move a Web site to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
verb (used without object) Also, Goo·gle-bomb.
2.
to engage in such an effort.
verb (used with object)
3.
to make (a Web site, person, word, or phrase) a target of a Google bomb: His biography on the Web was Google-bombed with the search word “liar.”

Origin:
2000–05; Google (brand name of search engine) + bomb

Google bomber, noun
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