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title: More evil than Satan himself
date: "1999-11-04T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 2178
description: I observed an early Google bomb where searching "more evil than Satan himself" returned Microsoft’s homepage. I tracked the result’s disappearance and reappearance in 2000, highlighting early volatility and manipulation of search engine rankings.
keywords: [google, microsoft, google bombing, search engine optimization, web history]
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Curious that [Google](http://www.google.com) should return Microsoft's home page when you search for "[more evil than Satan himself](http://www.google.com/search?q=more+evil+than+Satan+himself)"...

When I tried this on 24th June 2000, it didn't work. Maybe Google got smart. Or was it Microsoft?

On 3rd July 2000, it worked again.

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## Comments

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- **Anonymous** _18 Dec 2006 3:11 am_:
  I tried it, doesn't work now
- **Max** _30 Mar 2009 6:26 pm_:
  It's been fixed, Microsoft (and also Bush) were pretty mad at Google.

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