This morning I am pleased, if surprised, to announce that the anti-Giuliani Googlebomb campaign I suggested at Open Left three weeks ago is starting to produce real results:
That Rudy Giuliani was the only candidate not invited to speak to the Firefighters presidential Forum is now #10 on a Google search for Rudy Giuliani
How Rudy Giuliani was kicked off the Iraq Study Group because he never showed up for meetings is now #26 on a Google search for Rudy Giuliani.
This is remarkable. If more people join in, and those already involved keep pushing, this is the sort of action that could be worth several million voter contacts in a general election campaign. Why and how? As I wrote in the original post:
These three articles are the best ones I found that attack Giuliani's status as a tough guy who will fight for America (too busy making money to care about Iraq), as a hero of 9/11 (since firefighters hate him above all), and as a moderate (in some ways, he is actually worse than Bush). These articles all come from non-partisan news sources, and all paint Giuliani in a negative light. Considering that, by far, the most common political action people take online is to look for information on candidates, if these articles were to appear high on internet searches for Rudy Giuliani, they would reach a lot of people. In 2006, for example, the Googlebomb the Elections campaign allowed 700,000 voters in 52 key congressional campaigns find out more negative information about the candidate in those districts. On a national level, if enough people participate, we can help tell the truth about Rudy Giuliani to a lot more than 700,000 people. Perhaps best of all, the vast majority of people who encounter those articles won't even know we played a role in directing them to the articles.
So, here is how you can help make this happen:
In your signature line on this, or any other community blog, including an embedded Rudy Giuliani hyperlink utilizing one of the three articles listed above. Use whichever article you think is most effective.
Whenever you type the words Rudy Giuliani online, include an embedded hyperlink to one of the three articles listed above. Again, it does not matter which article. Choose whichever you like the most.
This is a quick and simple action that, if enough people participate, will have a measurable impact on his national image.
Giuliani remains in a strong position for the Republican nomination, and also is the only Republican truly competitive with all leading Democrats in general election trial heats. While we will eventually target Romney and Fred Thompson too, for now, let’s keep up our momentum with Giuliani. Tell your friends, tell your family: Googlebomb (or, if you are a stickler for accuracy, since this is not actually a Googlebomb, then “search engine optimize” Rudy Giuliani.) This is a quick action that can eventually be worth the equivalent of tens of millions of dollars in national TV ads.
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