Chris Richardson at WebProNews has a good article outlining some of the complaints against Google’s Blog Search.
Seems a lot of blogs are scraping content to either redirect visitors to another page or to sell Google Ads on their own blog. Who makes money on Google Ads? Well, Google of course! What’s especially frustrating is that many if not most of the offending blogs are on Blogger, owned by, of course, Google.
By running a Google Alert on “flyte” I’m finding about one blog a day that’s scraping my content to drive traffic to their sites to sell more Google Ads. However, since not all of my posts include the word “flyte” I’m only catching a fraction. (I share a name with a college football coach, so the Google Alert on “Rich Brooks” was not helpful.)
Is it even possible for me to write a paragraph about the Web that doesn’t include the word Google or a product owned by Google? Only time will tell….
Posted by Chris Bassoo…I am so glad that I found this site…great information…thanks Christopher Bassoo
Comment by Chris Bassoo — January 13, 2007 @ 10:36 pm
I agree google is corrupt and can damage your business if a vindictive person use their blog and campaign against your company or product, you have no comeback. This should be against the law, I am currently seeking legal advice regarding suing google.
Comment by Pauline — March 6, 2007 @ 9:35 pm
This is actually not about “Blog Search”. It’s just simply, {To you, perhaps.} about getting my own Google Home page back again through Firefox, and set up in the first place, on Internet Explorer. It seems to me rather strange, that Google, which, in my opinion is a worthy “Search Engine”, does not provide “Personal Technical Support”, beyond FAQ.
If you can’t help me, then can you direct me towards some significant, and reliable scource who “can” assist me. I thank you in anticipation of your response.
Maurice Caddell. {Just another general member of the public!
Comment by Maurice Caddell — February 10, 2009 @ 10:07 pm
QUESTION? DOES GOOGLE CARE ABOUT IT’S CUSTOMERS? I PLACED SOME ADS ON CRAIGS LIST
AND RECEIVED A RESPONSE ON TWO OF THEM FROM A CORRIE PIERCE SELLING ME ON JOINING FOR MONIES (SCAM) GOOGLE PAYES $5.00 TO $30.00 FOR EVERY WEB SITE LINK I POST WITH GOOGLE
IS LEGAL? ALSO WHEN YOU READ THE FINE PRINT YOU NOTICE THEY CHARGE YOU EVERY MONTH
Comment by RON MCKENZIE — September 14, 2009 @ 11:17 am