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Gaming Google Trends; So Easy, a Caveman Can Do It!

posted on May 4, 2009


Poor Google. It seems just about anything it puts together becomes fair game to hackers and manipulators.

While the search engine spends its day keeping spam out of its web index, it’s apparently unable to prevent Google Trends from being gamed. As Andrew Girdwood spotted, a recent "hot" keyword on Google Trends was nothing but one big joke! :-)

Have you spotted any other funny keywords on Google Trends?


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  • http://byrneseyeview.tumblr.com Byrne

    There was the infamous Swastika incident:

    http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/10/swastika-appears-on-google-trends  /

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  • http://www.jaankanellis.com Jaan Kanellis

    I see them all of the time, usually from people getting some spammy domain listed as a popular search

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  • http://getstimulustoday.com Matches Malone

    Google will probably say something like, “We are experimenting, as this app is still in beta…” or some such tripe.

  • http://paulanealmooney.com Paula Mooney

    Don’t forget the 9/11 reference on Google Trends, and I’ve seen worse on there too. I check it often and see some crazy stuff sometimes.

    »»»»»»» ✈ ▌▌Plane Flying into Two Buildings on Google Trends List? Who put it there, and how the hell do they game Google Trends? | PAULA NEAL MOONEY

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  • http://quote-loan-s.blogspot.com Nia

    Good info. He he.. Thanks
    Motivation for me

  • http://mmo.juanderpulpinoy.com/ MMO Pinoy

    This is weird and funny! I never noticed that.

  • http://plrnichecontent.com/blog/ RJ

    I don’t really see the point in trying to manipulate Google Trends, except maybe for bragging rights. I can’t imagine that the ratio of “common folk” who frequent this web tool is too high. It’s great for marketers / website owners who know how to grab “instant” front-page, albeit temporary, rankings… but do those with a buyers mentality really visit Google Trends in any significant way?

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