Wikipedia's #1

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Thanks to a concerted campaign by bloggers and other people of good will, Wikipedia has, at least for now, overtaken the offensive hate site as the number one result in a Google search for "Jew." For those of you who haven't checked it out lately, Google has also added a statement and a link to the top of that particular search page.

Offensive Search Results
www.google.com/explanation We're disturbed about these results as well. Please read our note here.

Follow the link. The "explanation" is extensive and informative, with further links to other relevant sites, including the Jewish Internet Association, which is a new one to me and will be added to my resource blogroll immediately. Google deserves commendation for their handling of this issue.

Meanwhile, though, Jewwatch is still in second place. This excellent site, which contains a wealth of interesting and valuable information, is third. Let's make "Judaism 101- Who is a Jew?" number 2.

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Alternate Jooglebomb from A Beautiful Accident on April 26, 2004 6:52 PM

Lynn B. suggests that now that we've made Wikipedia's "Jew" entry #1 in the Google search results for "Jew," we ought to make the "Who Is A Jew?" page at Judaism 101 #2. Sounds good to me. (Note that except... Read More

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