Google bombing

noun

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.

to engage in such an effort.

verb (used with object)

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

Related forms

Google bomber, noun

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Main Entry:	Google bombing
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	the practice of influencing Google search results by linking a large number of Web pages to a specific Web site; also written googlebombing, Googlebombing, also called Google wash
Example:	Google bombing influences the PageRank algorithm.
Etymology:	2001
Usage:	Google bomb, v; Google bomb, n