Initially, this may sound a bit of an automated cop-out. Having said that, the brand that Google sits as could hardly offer up an Orwellian stance. I’m sure that ‘instances’ such as this (other subjects being the unfortunate target), run to their thousands, but with the profile that Ms Obama has we should have expected no less a reaction. I did notice what appeared to be quite a few paid results yesterday coming up with reference to ‘Michelle Obama’ in the visible results, and clearly non at all when clicked through.

Re the links, Google in-bounds are the main source of frustration, Google not showing any, or some, when there may well be over a 100 that ‘do follow’. This seems to be a common problem; from what I read on-line and speaking to others. With in-bounds account for around 70% of the seo result (the rest being on-page), it would be good to solve the riddle!
I may not be the only one at the Online Marketing Conference with pen poised for a possible expansion on that subject!