Joogling: Googlebombing as Activism
Psst....Jew. Pass it on.
Background: Norm discovered, through a JP article, that the first result that comes up when you search the word "Jew" on Google is an anti-semitic site.
bq. What is a Jew? Those hoping to find out from a Google search are in for an unpleasant surprise. The first of 1.75 million entries that appear when you type "Jew" into the search engine is an anti-Semitic site. This discovery by a New York real-estate developer, among others, has sparked a cyberspace showdown, and a bid to alter the situation by a small band of Internet experts.
Norm makes an altruistic call for a Googlebomb. Rightfully so.
Kind of interesting that a former Roman-Catholic is spending a Palm Sunday morning Googlebombing for Jews, eh? I think I figured out the best way to do this.
A Lonely Jew on Christmas" by Kyle Broslofski It's Hard to Be a Jew on Christmas My Friends Won't Let Me Join in Any Games I Can't Sing Christmas Songs or Decorate a Christmas Tree or Leave Water out for Rudolph Cuz There's Something Wrong with Me I'm a Jew a Lonely Jew on Christmas Hanukah Is Nice but Why Is it That Santa Passes over My House Every Year and Instead of Eating Ham I Eat Kosher Latkes Instead of Silent Night I'm Singing Hoo Hach Togaveesh and What the [Bleep] Is up with Lighting [Bleep]ing Candles , Someone Tell Me Please ? I'm a Jew , a Lonely Jew I'd Be Merry but I'm Hebrew on Christmas ..........I'd like to give a shout out to Meryl, who's a Jew, Laurence the Jew, Allison, a lovely Jewish girl, that Jew blogger Aaron, and Allah, who is not a Jew, but likes to use the word a lot. Whether you are Jew, have a friend who is a Jew, married to a Jew, or just like Jews in general, go forth and Joogle! [via Emily, who was profiled by Norm this week]
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Comments
Adam Sandler might sue you for plagiarism. :)
Posted by: The Commissar | April 4, 2004 09:17 AM
Don't forget Dave Tepper at Interrobang?!
Posted by: David Strain | April 4, 2004 09:26 AM
Gee I didn't even get a mention.
Now I feel like a lonely jew.
Posted by: Starhawk | April 4, 2004 10:30 AM
Or my good friend Lesley, at Plum Crazy.
(Michelle, I don't know how to do links in comments: http://www.houseofplum.com/plumcrazy/ is Lesley's URL...thanks)
Posted by: Trish | April 4, 2004 03:51 PM
Or my good friend Lesley, at Plum Crazy.
(Michele, I don't know how to do links in comments: http://www.houseofplum.com/plumcrazy/ is Lesley's URL...thanks)
Posted by: Trish | April 4, 2004 03:51 PM
For some reason the rhyme:
I'm a Jew,
a Lonely Jew
I'd Be Merry
but I'm Hebrew
always cracked me up.
Posted by: Joshua Scholar | April 4, 2004 05:45 PM
I posted some stuff over at honorary Jewess Emily's place. I can do this because I'm and honorary Jew myself - my Jewish friend bestowed the honorific on me.
Funny thing - I was driving around in my Jewbaru, scanning the radio. Landed on a contemporary station playing some shiksa named Jewel. Irritated me, I hate the current junk they play now. But the next station had a Sinatra marathon. Way cool. "Jew York Jew York". "StranJews in the Night" ("Jewbie-Jewbie-Jew" - how cool is that?). I didn't know Sinatra was Jewish. I guess Sammy Davis Jewnior was a big influence on Ol' Jew Eyes.
Posted by: Ken Summers | April 5, 2004 09:48 AM
Phew. I read the next post first, and started wondering what I did to piss off Michele. Phew. Or should I say Jew?
Posted by: Meryl Yourish | April 5, 2004 10:57 PM
lets not forget micheal siaredsky my friend aviva's bro http://www.jewschool.com/ and http://www.the44.net/
i gotta say kol hakavod though me and you have our diffrences but hey this time u get kudos from me yea even we crazy kahanists google bomb lol
Posted by: elchonon | April 7, 2004 09:34 AM