July 15, 2003
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President Bush, don't look for "Weapons of Mass Destruction" on Google. You'll be in for a surprise!
By DHN
Google, the most popular and used Search on the Internet has been used to ridicule the Bush administration's failure to find Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq.
If a user types "weapons of mass destruction" in Google and clicks "I feel lucky," they'll get a spoof of "page unavailable" that starts, "The weapons you are looking for are currently unavailable. The country might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your weapons inspector mandate."
Near the end of the page, readers are advised to "Click the bomb button if you are Donald Rumsfeld (Defense Secretary)."
The page was created by Anthony Cox of Aston University in Birmingham, England.
The Bush administration is under considerable criticism for failing to find weapons of mass destruction, a justification for engaging in war with Saddam Hussein.
In response to this lampoon, Google's David Krane said the search engine had no part in the spoof. Cox's page came up first based purely on Google's proprietary algorithms, not content. "That's a significant signal in support of this page," Krane said.
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