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Old 03-21-2006, 05:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Web Site Files Complaint Against Google

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/17/D8GDKG900.html

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Google Inc.'s mysterious methods for ranking Web sites came under attack Friday in a lawsuit accusing the online search engine leader of ruining scores of Internet businesses that have been wrongfully banished from its index.

The civil complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose by KinderStart.com, seeks to be certified as a class action representing the owners of all Web sites blacklisted by Google's Internet-leading search engine since January 2001.

KinderStart, a Norwalk-based Web site devoted to information about children, says it was dropped from Google's index a year ago without warning.

"The world is becoming increasingly 'Googlized,'" said Gregory Yu, a lawyer for KinderStart. "For most people, that has been a good thing, but not for everyone."

A Google spokesman said the company hadn't seen the suit and had no immediate comment.

KinderStart alleges Google has engaged in anticompetitive behavior and misled the public by positioning its search engine as an objective source for finding Internet content. The suit seeks unspecified financial damages and a court order that would require Google to change its ways.

The case aims at Google's heart _ its tightly guarded formula for ranking Web sites.
One funny part about this fiasco is kinderstart is listed in google. This makes it
a good candidate for the infamous Stella Awards. :-D
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Old 03-22-2006, 06:50 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Web Site Files Complaint Against Google

LMAO loved the stellaawards 2 mill for spilling coffee he hee,, On my way down to Mac D's right now. Wonder what i would get for coffee and a Mc tastey lol..

Its a scary world!!
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Old 03-24-2006, 01:02 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Web Site Files Complaint Against Google

This is actually a fantastic piece of marketing.

I believe the suit isn't about their inclusion in google, I believe it's about the ranking within google.

They will lose this suit.

BUT the press and traffic this buzz has created will be excellent for them, even if it does make them look silly.

just my $0.02
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Old 03-24-2006, 06:37 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Web Site Files Complaint Against Google

just thought this would be a golden opportunity for them to park their site as long as this additional publicity lasts... they'll make waaaay more this way... after a while of course they can always move back the domain and host their site on it ! LOL
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Re: Web Site Files Complaint Against Google

Just Another marketing trick. Once think is sure whole world is becoming Googlized. Lets hope Google wont become another monster like Microsoft who thinks only about money.
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Re: Web Site Files Complaint Against Google

A little off subject, but i do find it strange that i can have number one rankings on MSN with a PR0.
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Re: Web Site Files Complaint Against Google

Totally different search engines, so your results will vary. Google has about 40% of the searches, followed by Yahoo and MSN with approx 20% each (last article I read).
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