By Ian Sherr and Geoffrey A. Fowler

Sen. Rick Santorum may have lost the presidential primaries in Arizona and Michigan, but there's at least one thing he can celebrate: his Google problem appears to be subsiding.

A quick recap: In 2003, Dan Savage, a popular sex columnist, asked his readers to come up with a new definition for Santorum's last name. The goal, as Savage described in a column at the time, was to remind readers of Santorum's positions on gay rights issues, which Savage didn't like.

Savage chose a definition of a sexual nature which wouldn't normally appear in a family newspaper. (Google it yourself, people.)

Savage even created a website, spreadingsantroum.com, to help facilitate a campaign to re-appropriate Santorum's name on the Internet. For years afterward, it worked, and the first link on Google was Savage's website and the unusual definition.