Googlewashing
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Techopedia Explains Googlewashing
In an ironic twist of fate, the term Googlewash was Googlewashed when it was co-opted to refer to other sites copying original content and then ranking higher than said original content. Shortly after, however, Googlewash was set adrift again through the shifting tide of meaning before being fixed as a synonym for Google bombing. Admittedly, this is a somewhat humorous tale of meaning in the Internet age, but it does have some troubling undertones about the unintentional consequences of search.Related Question
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