Google Bomb: You Don’t Find Chuck Norris
When you type Chuck Norris into Google and click “I’m Feeling Lucky” the phrase “Google won’t search for Chuck Norris because it knows you don’t find Chuck Norris, he finds you” comes up in a new page that mimics a Google search result page. (shown below)
This practical joke is a prime example of the fun people are having with Google and the “I’m Feeling Lucky” search option. People can influence search engines like Google to rank a page higher than others so that their joke page comes up as the top result when someone uses the search option “I’m Feeling Lucky”. Officially known as “Google Bombing,” this practice can be dated back to 1999 when a search for “more evil than Satan himself” landed you on Microsoft’s homepage. Google Bombing is becoming a long-standing tradition on the web as more and more people find ways to manipulate Google’s search results to put up hoax and joke pages. Another great example is when people Google Bombed President George W. Bush in 2003. If you were to type “miserable failure” and click “I’m Feeling Lucky” it brought you to the President’s biography page on the White House website.
Google Bombing won’t always work for everyone. This can be the result of one of two factors. The first factor that can make your Google Bomb a dud is the location of where you are searching. When someone enters a query in Google for example, the search results become more specific to the user’s location. The other factor that can affect the results of a Google Bomb from working is personalized search. Google’s personalized search option generates search results that are partially based on a user’s recent search history.
Even though “I’m Feeling Lucky” quirks won’t always work for everyone, they are still out there and still very funny. On that note, Rise Interactive asks you to contribute other “I’m Feeling Lucky” examples or any other Google Jokes or quirks found on Google. Remember to keep it clean and have fun!
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