Google ‘Greatest Living American’ and you get Colbert
Steve Safran April 25th, 2007
Stephen Colbert has dropped the Google bomb, and it has worked. A search of the term “Greatest Living American” turns up Colbert Nation at #1 on Google. (He’s also the top result for “giant brass balls.”) How did this happen? It started with the visit of a search engine expert to the taping of an episode of the Colbert Report. One Q&A session later, and the Google bomb was dropped. Mind you - Google has changed its search software to try and stop Google bombs. (But try to stop Colbert!) Oddly, as is pointed out in several posts on this, a search for “Truthiness” doesn’t come up with Stephen in the top five. Explain that. First Wikipedia, now Google. Oh, that Colbert.
2 Comments Add your own
1. Brandon Wirtz is the Greatest Living American | April 26th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
But is he the Greatest Living American on Yahoo? At the time of posting I had that honor, along with Greatest Undead American on Google and yahoo.
2. Steve Safran | April 26th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Best LR comment post ever. Dude - you’re getting your own entry, along with a link I hope will help your ranking. It’s the least I can do for a great American, undead or otherwise.
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