English

googlebomb

From Google + bomb.

A compound of Google + bomb

English Google ‘search engine’

Ancient Greek βόμβος ‘booming, humming’

Latin bombus ‘a booming sound’

Italian bomba

French bombe

English bomb

Today it means

verb To fill a web page with links or words in order to gain a high Google page ranking.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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