Here's a screenshot from 1999, well preserved by bedope.com:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmhslVX103Vtg3RGdiOGVoPLu75TMcnTmgEA65mYmCdQREghdM9SbFBL1xi67UgcSSihajJws0WZTirBjGNNPky1ThzdIoNJQLcadD6MC13wz6J7q_GXjE6Tm9PdVPR1Q6jgN0A/s640/more-evil-microsoft-google-bomb.jpg)
... and the well-known political message "miserable failure" (screenshot from 2007):
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPd5weIHDqk85TsAb2fWqhXxGorf56xel_PFr4Jtb59dq52Q5nVtg70zrccZuem14ldz7KFRsyt8c6QZgg2YgD0hmFEjWtcU2zIGeKC8EI7DubSesLBAO5VLiM4lgtnKP70IL1SA/s640/miserable-failure-googlebomb.png)
Google started to use some algorithms to defuse bombs in 2007, but there are still ways to artificially inflate Google rankings for a page to show your opinion. For example, when you search for [completely wrong], Google shows pictures of Mitt Romney, the Republican Nominee for the US Presidential Election in 2012.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvmc6a3iNQ1_P_FtE5Sy4BlrV_iZyLWstmkTIwU9-bACujlWllydW-luvN04ZUiLXFrdeME45Ys7KKu0L9-XBcDZm-4o63glwwDce8eFu1yVSfV15fuIQwe3fNwts8nGYvq-Yxw/s640/completely-wrong-google-bomb.jpg)
Knowledge Graph brings a new meaning to Google bombs. If you search for [kłamca], you'll get a Knowledge Graph box for Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Poland. "Kłamca" is a Polish word that means "liar". In fact, many of the top results for [kłamca] are about Donald Tusk, who is no longer popular in Poland.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_cTJzvR4p-fmYpNfnYfjp50Jys2yBe_eQ19B_GYNUOa6GZliOJQXNPDfGls-UTF5fIIpxEWrjDNwq5AcKHfBeuB_4p_6RzAQdsn4V0iSwqUh4bgnMoXm-2NIe3PKbp_xFsA1Mg/s640/google-klamca-bomb.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpwX58tozMl3F0169o5WyUiB_rRrrdn-_O0BiILm6T4fY9lQkWWAmEdJSH6k_5nMZZ68OuVijBp6CyrjdqTuTHZPaP3mTaXcls9LE2sVVWQI3RWrpKYhC9hUIFm7VtKHtNokEJA/s640/google-klamca-translate.png)
Apparently, this Google bomb has been reported back in 2010 by Polish news sites. Back then, the top search result for [kłamca] was the Wikipedia page for Donald Tusk. Now Google shows an entire sidebar with information about the Prime Minister of Poland.
This reminds me of a screenshot from 2009. This time it's from Bing:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKJTU1EOIkuzki_TWIEJcu12oIYAlcidJWYlwKIVZBwriOWx3NGRG0iXsdsEsZWj2_x8UPkYPzkoEcjM4CDQGb-nEdKT6VLsoomCIhEcBw6NJRyO2bwrmmcXB15SGFSwX8lZJIw/s640/bing-miserable-failure.png)
As Search Engine Land noticed, when you search for [miserable failure] using Google right now, you get an info pane about Google bombs and some disambiguation links for George W. Bush and political Google bombs.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ggW3ERVfoehzQANtFQi9gv5szjULa6mCQrAqwL14mwXdn3tNxKLNyzxx4FhGfXn9asRqcbciJa-iOWdVHtWJP70wRGsVNiDB9-nCq8YGXuNokBa78XtSERgmdbxOxH-VNsr0yA/s640/google-miserable-failure-2013.png)
{ Thanks, Jerzy. }
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