Here's a screenshot from 1999, well preserved by bedope.com:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8XkJ-CfnrOBUsXDyh3C-8U3mN1MVZd98LcoVQoRmkmmucJkSYmxpjzhKTZxnkfu4klsJSepyPv679sKWzVSYcVDESR6d2Ij8rF3ho0kccCQlTAFQ2cTbUOe8DNgXffnHx1d3njsm80GVJ/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/AVvXsEh-2dyUy-zpREorua97WVMq7eY7tOFyKeZHu15fzerfaH9ukaHJ8G6-2VmlNdWu1YFSX6BK-YxpVaQJRzI05Yh_RZZShikOD-vv2NSjB_HUtgQetu92jGT1IaYzOOc1N1GX-hjZ6dhjn7h9/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/AVvXsEhY9gyAO1ANqRp6yEF8RAnsvNi4hbaaJ4CPZIjdZoJaZJ-SziHHlabXDTAAAg3IuoiB1xCvhhj9BahRHbPKarLLmMnvcKh0rtKTxjz5SghasMyIgAwcZJzb20Z4cor9L2gyDRoHDcaTGYRk/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/AVvXsEhzaHHQDUb97OvjkAokKUvGCAAyE8DSVAMlv7F2X31TX55uB7ayqRT_oNW-S5FYRoAQjNkShE-yy0NKAljB1IJy0a7lTzeZp4q61gRUnrOLKTljOqKGvUPbMvVcsXdAJHaBEiAzVwlpiqpl/s640/google-klamca-bomb.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIDNU1658vXLlfFja508l9_UR9V8xS3G9EFeFoJwlMWdweXcinJI_SSHzWcejxJRwYLrN2oSEWNZby3-dUFgmeaAz6i2fRlk_J6KJP6ke8ou8dCGJe3xbew4t38HVFzL066iR-XuWHsrW/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/AVvXsEg-gnOyAN4c_Ux7hHsU7a9_b0BmkxtmydgMQ7t5jAuksRn8mIhZE7whHTNVZ7KV4kVkXMEiGYG97GBCPqlTkvu74W_qgfrF4TdRWTzb7GATT_VGtB33YHkz4227gRzrmHUQdpt8fsxejf2h/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/AVvXsEgNXqomcRcB95NbaH_jiZs6zpRMsRBXS4jBkbam6dg-2QWjcovL1gGsrlL0VxLayTJyqvnJofNsCJs36hkHcL4vN7bRrAS5Ep7GCpBqIdmX6BMvU4KuY_UpizGQO8RdN74rHlSfV_sNcisX/s640/google-miserable-failure-2013.png)
{ Thanks, Jerzy. }
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