Slate article on the "Santorum Google problem"

[GPWA Aaron]

Knowing how big a fan vinism is of Slate, I'm going to beat him to the punch on this one.

Rick Santorum, a former Senator from Pennsylvania, has launched a presidential bid. If you don't know much about him and want to learn more, Google would be one of the first places you'd go, right? Well the top result for "Santorum" and "Rick Santorum" in Google might surprise you.

Read the article to learn more about the Santorum "Google bomb."

[rak]

that is an awesome seo campagin.. "you messed with us, we're going to associate your name with a dirty sex act till the end of time"

American columnist and gay rights activist Dan Savage initiated a campaign in 2003 to associate the surname of then-Senator Rick Santorum with a sexual act. Outraged by Santorum comments that were criticized as "anti-gay" by gay rights groups and some politicians,[1] Savage's effort culminated in the creation of a derogatory word association, regarded as vulgar by some observers.

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