Wouldn't it be effective to include one or two of these links in our signatures? I have posted thousands of comments on Daily Kos. That would be thousands of links, no? And that's just for my one signature. There are over 100,000 users making millions of comments. That could be millions of links.

Here is my link:

http://winsc.blogspot.com/2006/10/gop-ca ndidate-list-for-2006.html

Please let post something here if the links need to be updated.

I've noticed progress on the Yahoo search engine for Musgrave(CO-04)

At this point, would it be more strategic to pool our resources on the searches that have made progress, or on the ones that don't seem to be going anywhere?

There are still a lot of people on dKos and MyDD who haven't added the sig line.

Also, is there a place with all of the html code for each candidate so that people can just paste is right into their account? That might help, and we could encourage people in open threads to visit and cut and paste.

I'm glad to see the Hart article rising.

" --ID-01: Bill Sali is currently not in the first ten pages "

The link for Sali goes to a site that requires registeration. Not good.

I tried to coordinate a google bomb in 2004 using Hunter's anti-Tucker Carlson diaries on dkos.

It just didn't quite work, despite weeks of effort and coordination with other blogs. ie. The attempt to do one specific thing at one specific time was defeated by whatever terms Google uses to define its searches.  I'd call this "active" Google bombing, and, yeah it's tough.  I'd say the success of this effort is pretty damn good, given that.

One piece of advice I'd offer is for everyone to consider the value of forging a local blog and writing about your GOP opponent early and often and with careful use of headlines.  This is "passive" Google bombing.  I think, ultimately, this slow motion effort is more effective and, fwiw, "legit".

Matt Lockshin of SayNotoPombo did this and, since SNtP is a blogspot blog (and hence receives a nice boost in Google Page Rank) many of the searches for Richard Pombo point to his blog.  It takes work and time, but it IS worth it, and big part of the reason to build an infrastructure of local blogs. The thousands of diaries on dkos and MyDD would be much more powerful if they were all cross posted at local URLs that could develop their own native page rank and search engine relevance.  It's something to think about going forward.

My own blog, k/o, while it is not well-read at all...has a decent Google Page rank...and shows up in some of the searches for these candidates.

I always try to write my titles with that in mind.

Fwiw, the MyDD google rank is quite high.  The latest two pieces with the name of a GOP Congressperson from this website will show up high in the Google Search for that candidate.

One thing that any MyDD member might do is write more pieces with these candidates names in the titles...knowing that folks searching for information as we get closer to the election...will be reading these pieces.

In some ways, the google bomb key exists on this website already.  People just have to use it with that in mind.  (ie. write pieces that appeal to a general, election-minded audience looking for info on a candidate.)

Hastert is up to #14 as of 3:30 PM EST, a mere 10 hours after you saw it at #16 (and it was not in the top 250, per the above commenter, before the bomb started).

Maybe this is having an effect after all... I'd been skeptical that this effort would have an immediate impact, but google's indexing efforts look to be continuous these days.

Good job, everyone!

For example, the Phoenix New Times article doesn't show up in the top ten pages for me, let alone on the first page.

Well... it took many many many clever ways to hide source code, but...

Steve Chabot (OH-1) IS NOT BOMBED!

google it and see for yourself ;)

Steve Chabot

Here's a tip... if you don't have a blog or anything like it...

Create a myspace and just chuck it with tons of source code. It works ;)

I have a link for Peter Roskam (current one is broken):

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15104330/

after a quick scan:

clay shaw has moved up to number 7  from 11 on google...
Michelle Backman is number 3 from 7
Hastert is now number 14 from 16

NotBlindlyLiberal said:

I just don't understand.

How would you feel if Republicans decided the only articles of Ted Kennedy on the first results page would those about him killing his girlfriend?

HAHAHA!

The Google thing is just insanely complicated. You may not be paranoid of the right stuff (always a big disaster). Life is complicated. Booglebombs do not kill people. Nor does Ted Kennedy. This Google bomb project got me started on a personal 'truthdig' about Google, which I posted on MyDD here:

' Google Bomb The Elections: Source Code ' (HERE)

Search down to my entry at ' Google is useless ' (I don't really think it's literally useless -- It's just an example of my kind of over-the-top metphor).

Note that this diary entry has 61 comments. Now try Googling the title of Chris' Diary entry in which my findings are posted. Now I'm really paranoid. I guess the Republicons and the neocons aren't taking over after all. Google is taking over.

Damn. Now it's back. These poor folks at Google must have a lot on their plate.

let's try this...

Nevada Governor: Jim Gibbons