Chris Bowers over at Open Left has started a program that we all should participate in. His program has probably been posted before but it deserves reposting several times until most of us participate in it.

Bowers came up with the idea of search engine optimization to get the most revealing articles about John McCain as the most popular items on any search. What he proposes is that each time you post on any forum or in your own blog, you link the names, "John McCain" or "McCain" to one of nine specific news stories that mention one of McCain's policies. The link needs to be coordinated to go to one of nine specific URLS so that these stories will move up in search engine ranking. In other words, follow his blog's directions on it and don't add your own articles. It also means that you need to refer to John McCain as "John McCain" or "McCain" since those are the words that most people looking for information on a candidate will enter in the search engine. Don't use McSame, McHundred, McBush, or crazy ass warmonger when referring to John McCain even though those are probably more appropriate names.

Here are the nine articles that Bowers would like everyone to link to:

1. John McCain Votes to Filibuster Minimum Wage Hike
   
   
2. McCain housing policy shaped by lobbyist
   
   
3. Bush, McCain plug Social Security
   
   
4. McCain blasts Obama's and Clinton's attacks on NAFTA
   
   
5. McCain in NH: Would Be "Fine" To Keep Troops in Iraq for "A Hundred Years"
   
   
6. McCain: Bush right to veto kids health insurance expansion
   
   
7. Senate passes expanded GI bill despite Bush, McCain opposition
   
   
8. McCain says overturn the law that legalized abortion
   
   
9. McCain Defends Bush's Iraq Strategy
   

You can get further information on Chris Bower's search engine optimization from from these two articles in his blog.

ACTION: Searching for John McCain

Searching For John McCain: Week Two