Let's let the world know

Alright everyone, now it's time to let the world know about our google bomb. Ali has compiled a list of ways to contact some major news organizations. We've also scribbled a little letter that you can copy/paste and send them, but feel free to write your own. It'll only take a few minutes but the outcome is invaluable, so do it.

CNN: http://www.cnn.com/feedback/tips/
AFP: http://www.afp.com/english/afp/?cat=contact
BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/2804227.stm
Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/-helpSection.jhtml?p=contactUs (use contact editor)
Google News: news-feedback@google.com , source-suggestions@google.com
DW: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/contact/0,1412,266,00.html (scroll down and pick 'DW-Wold English for Dep.)
Wired.com:http://www.wired.com/news/feedback/mail/1,2330,5,00.html (check 'story pitch')
Washington Post: Here
NY Times: letters@nytimes.com
Guardian: editor@guardianunlimited.co.uk
Radio Farda: http://www.radiofarda.org/default.aspx#commentbox
IRNA: comment@irna.com
ISNA: http://www.isna.ir/news/khabar.asp
Webnevesht: http://webnevesht.com/contactform.asp
Emrooz: emrouznews@yahoo.com
Baztab: http://www.baztab.com/contact.php
Shargh: info@sharghnewspaper.com

Dear Sir/Madam;

I am writing to inform you about what I believe is an extremely newsworthy item.

Through the collaborative effort of thousands of Iranian bloggers, a google bomb has been successfully implemented to voice concerns over the growing use of the wrong term of 'Arabian Gulf' instead of the Persian Gulf in media.

If you search in google.com for the query 'Arabian Gulf', you will see that the first result is a page that we have set up to voice our protest against the use of this term.

What sparked this massive movement was National Geographic's decision in including the term 'Arabian Gulf' in their latest edition of the world Atlas as an alternative to Persian Gulf.

This caused a spontaneous protest which led to several online petitions and also successful implementation of the google bomb.

To view the petition with 31965 signatures so far, visit:
http://www.petitiononline.com/persian/petition.html

To see where the idea of the google bomb started, and also to read more about its concepts, look here:
http://legofish.com/weblog/000777.html

Thank you for your attention,

Sincerely