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google-bombing

Google bomb
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Definitions of google-bombing word

  • noun google-bombing an effort to move a website 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. 1
  • verb without object google-bombing to engage in such an effort. 1
  • verb with object google-bombing to make (a website, person, word, or phrase) a target of a Google bomb: His biography on the Web was Google-bombed with the search word “liar.”. 1
  • noun google-bombing the practice of attempting to affect the ranking of websites provided by the Google website 0
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Origin of google-bombing

First appearance:

before 2000
One of the 1% newest English words
2000-05; Google (brand name of search engine) + bomb

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Parts of speech for Google-bombing

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google-bombing popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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