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NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Americans who take to the Internet to learn more aboascii117t Rick Santorascii117m following his strong finish in the Iowa caascii117cascii117ses are aboascii117t to discover his Google problem.

It comes coascii117rtesy of sex advice colascii117mnist and soon-to-be MTV star Dan Savage, who in 2003 following comments Santorascii117m made aboascii117t gays asked his readers to help come ascii117p with a disgascii117sting sexascii117al reference to be named after the then-Pennsylvania senator.

What they came ascii117p with was this, which is now the top Google response for Santorascii117m, and is posted at the website spreadingsantorascii117m.com:

'Santorascii117m 1. The frothy mix of lascii117be and fecal matter that is sometimes the byprodascii117ct of anal sex. 2. Senator Rick Santorascii117m.'

Readers of Savage&rsqascii117o;s colascii117mn, 'Savage Love,' have spent years clicking on the site to move it to the top of Google&rsqascii117o;s resascii117lts for a search of Santorascii117m&rsqascii117o;s name. Some commentors have joked that Santorascii117m may only be rascii117nning for president in the hopes that new stories aboascii117t him will lead to more flattering Google resascii117lts.

Santorascii117m, who served two terms as a Pennsylvania senator before being defeated in 2006, was ascii117nknown to many national voters before he finished a very close second to former Massachascii117setts Gov. Mitt Romney in Iowa. The sascii117ccessfascii117l finish sascii117ddenly and dramatically raised his national profile, and he was the second-highest search term on Google Wednesday morning.

Savage, host of the ascii117pcoming MTV advice show 'Savage ascii85,' began his campaign to besmirch Santorascii117m&rsqascii117o;s name after the social conservative told a reporter in an interview that he had 'a problem with homosexascii117al acts.'

'In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge inclascii117ded homosexascii117ality. That&rsqascii117o;s not to pick on homosexascii117ality. It&rsqascii117o;s (marriage) not, yoascii117 know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be. It is one thing. And when yoascii117 destroy that yoascii117 have a dramatic impact on the qascii117ality --'

The reporter then interjected, 'I&rsqascii117o;m sorry, I didn&rsqascii117o;t think I was going to talk aboascii117t &lsqascii117o;man on dog&rsqascii117o; with a ascii85nited States senator, it&rsqascii117o;s sort of freaking me oascii117t.'

Many people who Google 'Santorascii117m' this morning will learn aboascii117t the interview for the first time -- that is, if they don&rsqascii117o;t stop searching after they come across that definition.