In accord with the elevated tone set by the founder, the Daily Kos openly urges readers to rig Google rankings of articles, in order to make the most damaging material about Republican candidates appear prominently when their names are searched. The goal of Grassroots SEO is to get as many undecided voters as possible to read the most damaging news article about the Republican candidate for Congress in their district. It is based on two simple premises:1. One of the most common political activities people take online is to use search engines, mainly Google, to find information on candidates. (For more information, seethe Pew Internet and American Life Project's report on 2008 online political engagement.)2. These results of these searches are always in flux based upon hyperlinksanyonepostsanywhereon the Internet, including message board comments and social networking sites (but not email).As a result of this, not only is it possible for us to use our hyperlinks to impact what...(Read Full Post)