What is Google bomb?

Google bomb means to create a large amount of links on a page that causes them to rank up on the Google SERP's. This has long been patched now, and has been ineffective for a while, but it was originally introduced in around 2007. It was mostly used for humorous purposes, you can find what they used Google Bomb for mainly by doing a quick Google search. Some just wanted to rank up and rack in the profit from it.
 
The terms Google bomb and Googlewashing refer to the practice of causing a web site to rank highly in web search engine results for unrelated or off-topic search terms by linking heavily. In contrast, search engine optimization (SEO) is the practice of improving the search engine listings of web pages for relevant search terms.
 
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Definition: A Google bomb occurs when a group of people conspire to artificially elevate a website in Google's web search results ranking by linking a particular word or phrase to the website.

Google moved to curb Google bombs by tweaking their formula for ranking pages by relevancy. The changes limited the ability of relatively small groups to create Google bombs, but it did not end it entirely.
 
Google bombing is related to spamdexing, the practice of deliberately modifying HTML to increase the chance of their website being placed close to the beginning of search engine results, or to influence the category to which the page is assigned in a misleading or dishonest manner.
 
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