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Googletrap 

A word or phrase placed in a web page with the intention of generating extra traffic via search engines.

Often this word or phrase will be used with the intention of misleading.
In a blog post, relating to wild life, the writer uses the phrase 'humble tits'.

This is a googletrap as it is likely to be hit upon by Googlers looking for unclothed pictures of the TV presenter Kate Humble.

Googletarianism

A form of government in the near future that will achieve total control through use of Facebook and Google. Rather than using terror and secret police like past Totalitarian States, the Googletarian regime will predict our wants and thereby preempt all individual decision-making.
Michal shut down his Facebook account, because he feared the onset of creeping Googletarianism.
Googletarianism by Michal_Zap January 12, 2013

Googleprint 

The propensity of any given search term to produce meaningful and search-valuable links from a google search.
Aw he was just some putz I remember from college. He doesn't have much of a googleprint so I couldn't find anything out about him.
Googleprint by cattnipp December 16, 2008

GoogleRuin 

The process by which, when someone's name is entered into Google, naked/incriminating photos and/or information comes up in search results.
Hey, did you see Sara got GoogleRuined?!
GoogleRuin by WRockwood April 30, 2011

google-train

Used by those who are unsure of the term they wish to google, a google-train is the act of googleing multiple times, refining the search on each iteration. Starting with a basic notion, one ends up with a concrete phrase.
dude, i just google-trained my way from 'girl in robot movie' to 'megan fox'...and it was totally worth it!!
google-train by triguy December 20, 2009

googletubing 

When you use YouTube to search for videos about every single thing you have questions about.
I couldn't figure out who she was, but through a little Googletubing I found out!
googletubing by Ashighasadrone June 11, 2017