'Online Poker' Googlebomb

Philipp Lenssen writes "The blogger community is fighting back, though in ways not everyone may like: they are Googlebombing the Wikipedia page on online poker for the phrase "online poker" to make it rank higher in search engines. "Online poker", along with "Viagra", "mortgage" and "debt", are keywords heavily represented in comment spam, which itself aims to boost the Google ranking for a particular site and phrase. The Wikipedia page is currently third in Google."

You submitted this...

[Anonymous Coward]

But you didn't even go to the trouble of linking the term online poker [wikipedia.org] to Wikipedia in your submission? Slashdot has some healthy pagerank, too, ya know.

blogger revenge

[dirvish]

Yeah, messing with bloggers might not have been the best idea...

Re:You submitted this...

[Anonymous Coward]

Slashdot has some healthy pagerank, too, ya know.

i thought pagerank was just for relevant sites.

Is it any wonder...

[Anonymous Coward]

Is it any wonder why many /.ers hate bloggers and blogging?

Re:You submitted this...

[peculiarmethod]

I couldn't in all fairness let you get away with that without the opportunity to help out my fellow brothers by slashdotting these guys [gamblersanonymous.org].

Re:You submitted this...

[Anonymous Coward]

Sure they did.. see the online poker [wikipedia.org] part?!!? :)

Like Wikipedia Can Spare the Bandwidth

[stevesliva]

Wikipedia's slow as a turd as it is. Thanks guys!

Re:blogger revenge

[Anonymous Coward]

why? are nerds beating you up now?

Re:I'm feeling lucky

[themoodykid]

I guess if they hit the "I'm feeling lucky" and end up on the Wikipedia page, they probably aren't lucky enough to play online poker anyway.

Re:two wrongs makes a right?

[Anonymous Coward]

No, but three lefts do.

Re:That's it?!

[Trillan]

Well, I suppose the button "I'm feeling lucky!" makes a lot more sense in the context of online poker.

In all seriousness, some people I know have started using google IFL links on blogs rather tahn direct links. The idea is that in five years if the Captain Crunch brand changes, an I'm Feeling Lucky search for Captain Crunch will probably take you to the new page.

WTF

[Stalyn]

yo wtf does some dude sucking his own dick have to do with online poker?

French bullDOG?

[AtariAmarok]

"The strangest spam I got was for a french buldog site"

That does seem strange. If it was a French Bullfrog site instead, it would be quite understandable.

"I have developed some methods for controling it, but I do not want to divulge them publiclly since the bad guys would then know my counter measures"

Yeah, I know. Those French bulldog guys play hardball. They monitor all the Slashdot posts, too, so you are wise not to reveal your tricks. I know myself, that every time someone mods me down, it has to be one of those bulldog spammers.

"Click on http://www.parismastiff.com for your best Gallic bulldog deals!"

Re:WTF

[tidewaterblues]

When your gambling debts are high, you do what you have to do to pay them off...

Auto

[tepples]

a picture of some guy trying to suck his own cock (which is what is on the wikipedia site

What's wrong with Wikipedia having an article on autofellatio [wikipedia.org]?

Re:blogger revenge

[Anonymous Coward]

No they keep on returning the fries and saying they are too cold.

Re:Do the ends justify the means?

[filmmaker]

There was a circle of people standing around a man borne up onto a pile of ground, and tied to a stake. The circled crowded the man, yelling insults and spitting in his direction. Just as the first person in the crowd picked up a stone to throw it, a hand siezed his wrist from out of nowhere.

It was Jesus. Jesus said "let he who is without sin throw the first stone." Everyone in the circle looked down, and the man on the stake looked hopeful . Slowly but surely, all eyes fixed on Jesus, who realized that it was only he who was without sin.

"My go then, I take it" Jesus said as he picked up and whipped a large rock right into the man's face.

So wrong, yet so, so right. Just like what should happen to keyword spammers.

Re:You submitted this...

[iowannaski]

You can't be slashdotted if nobody wants to click on your link.

Re:Bloggers - Be articulate.

[bosshoff]

I concur; there is too much bad writing out there, surely we can't let Slashdot degenerate. It's one of the last refuges of technological information that is not profuse with jargon.

Re:Google [ play online poker ]

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

If people wanted to play it, it would not be necessary to advertise. It simply wouldn't. These mystery players would be trading tips on the best places to play, digging out URLs just to be able to gamble.

Instead, it would seem, they have to stuff it down the morons' throats. Sure it's profitable, so is an extortion racket. Doesn't mean want it.

Re:Bloggers - Be articulate.

[MrWa]

And you who are about to say that it already says that -- it does ONLY if you approach the paragraph with that knowledge. For someone outside the blogging community - it's just confusing. Last, if you still like it as is, fine, that's why I don't read blogs. Too often they are crypitc and snooty.

Good point! You should post that on your blog so you can get some trackback links and feedback!

Let's all googlebomb the term...

[Ogman]

Get a Life!!!

Re:You submitted this...

[redJag]

haha, the LINK to the page was in the same paragraph ;o but you probably already knew that, asshat (wait.. this isn't Fark).