LA Times: Santorum isn't only candidate whose search results go negative

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http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-santorum-google-problem-not-alone-20120208,0,5174757.story

As it turns out, Santorum isn't the only Republican candidate whose search results turn up less-than-positive items -- but Santorum's problem is in a league of its own.

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A search on Mitt Romney comes out mostly clean -- news items, his Wikipedia page, and his bio on biography.com. But then comes a a headline from a Huffington Post story published Feb. 1 that highlights one of the candidate's biggest "oops" moments from the campaign. "Mitt Romney: I'm not concerned with the very poor," it reads. Our guess is Romney and his campaign managers would like that to go away.

The Google situation is worse for Newt Gingrich. The results start off with newt.org, Wikipedia, and a link to his Twitter account, but then suddenly there appears a link labeled "Newt Gingrich's Skeleton Closet -- Political scandals, quotes and character." This site, realchange.org, accuses Gingrich of a bevy of offenses -- including dodging the draft and being a deadbeat dad. The site is put together by Mark Saltveit, a stand-up comedian and the author of "A Man, A Plan, 2002: The Year in Palindromes."

As for Ron Paul, it appears that he had his Google search results under control Wednesday. Everything was either biographical or totally promotional. Somebody on his team knows how to work SEO (search engine optimization)!

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