John McCain’s campaign staff might want to start paying attention to the chatter going on in the left wing side of the blogosphere regarding his search engine results.

It is time to start bomb bomb bomb, bomb bombing again. No, not Iran, but John McCain’s Google ranking.

In looking for a search engine optimization against McCain, the first step is to choose good websites to optimize. Here some criteria for good websites:

* The website should already be in the Google top 100, for searches on John McCain, making it easier to increase the ranking over time.
* The website should have the word “McCain” in the title of the search result making it easier to optimize.
* The website should be from a well-known news source, making is less obviously a partisan attack.
* The website should have a long life span, and not in danger of being removed before the general election.
* The website should be a negative news story on McCain, not an opinion piece.

So, in essence, the left isn’t even trying to hide their efforts. Instead, they openly admit their shady practices and bluntly put together a game plan via a publically accessible blog post. Continue Reading