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Gramps Being Fought Using The Google

Obama Uses Google to Combat Smears

Sen. Barack Obama has taken his campaign fight to Google, according to U.S. News and World Report.

"Specifically, Obama's campaign has waded into online auctions for Google search terms to snap up potentially negative phrases like 'Barack Obama birth certificate' or 'Barack Obama as a Muslim.' As of Wednesday morning, Google searches for Obama being a Muslim (a false but pervasive Web rumor) often turn up a prominent 'sponsored' link at the top of the results page that connects to a page on Obama's campaign website that debunks the myth and details his Christian faith. The tech-savvy Obama campaign remains far ahead in the overall Web war. Obama's website also continues to attract twice the number of unique visitors McCain's site does."