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Google Sued over Page Ranking
OrangeHairMan writes "Google.com is being sued by SearchKing.com because Google "purposefully devalued his companies' and his customers' web sites, causing his business to suffer financially." There's a page on SearchKing.com's site too." Does anyone besides me find this hilarious? My favorite part is that the name of the site is "Search King".
search envy..
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Ah... I always wondered what Homer did after the PlowKing fiasco....
Since they already seem to be in the financial doldrums, it is a good time for them to change their name. I suggest: Suc King.
In Soviet Russia, Jesus asks: "What Would You Do?"
Everyone knows that google backs Homer's Mr. Search.
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"That name again is Mr. Search . .
I'd suggest you don't use Slashdot as your only news source, or you will suffer permanent brain damage.
SearchKing, Oklahoma's premiere parasitic link-farm
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SearchKing is one of the pioneers in developing portal and search engine software and services
Guess which report has which statement? :)
"Due to the high value associated with PR, Massa claims in his lawsuit that the purposeful reduction of SearchKing and its related web sites' rankings has damaged the company's reputation and diminished its value."
Yea, much better PR doing it this way.
Can google not do whatever the hell it wants with its own site ? If google wants to give sites with the word "Sluts" a +90% page rank... it's perfectly free to do so. The "Whores" have no right to complain.
I alternate between posting +5 and -1 Comments. Karma: +53 -47 = 6
// Screw you search king!!
if(q[i]="Searchking") {
q[i].rank = q.bottom - 1
}
"In a much-too-common case of a big organization monopolizing the marketplace, an Oklahoma City e-news company is taking its battle with Internet- giant Google, Inc. to the courts." Yeah, fight the power. I wasn't aware google was a 'monopolizing giant'. Let's home the DOJ takes them down!
I am a filthy pirate.
Is it just me, or does "SearchKing" sound like Popeye attempting to say "searching"?
Never under estimate the American judicial system.
SearchKing: We sell banner ads based on...
Judge: Case dismissed.
SearchKing: But, but, but...
Judge: You want to pay the defendant's costs? Great! Keep talking.
D000d! That is such a good idea!
... (commercially, anyway).
I can see it now: "The New York Times is reporting that a Class-action lawsuit filed in San Jose, California, demands that internet search engine SearchKing repay millions in lost revenue to all sites not indexed by SearchKing, because its lawsuit against Google caused an upswing in hits for SearchKing-related websites, which drove customers away from the plantiff's websites. In a related note, a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York today by businesses which are indexed by SearchKing, demanding that SearchKing sue Northern Light, AltaVista, Yahoo, and all other internet search engines to require that SearchKing hits be listed first in all returned search results."
They can't be serious. They CAN'T be f*****g serious. People wonder why innovation in this country is at a standstill virtually everywhere
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. (Einstein)
Clearly, this is a move by Google designed to hurt not only SearchKing, but the general consumer!
What's even funnier is the result set that's returned:
= se arch&keyword=SEARCHKING+SUCKS+ASS
http://www.searchking.com/servlet/SearchKing?at
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Todd's Law: All things being equal, you lose!
all your search are belong to us!
track7.org has all kinds of interesting stuff!
Just picking nits 'cause my coffee hasn't kicked in and because your post is perfect in intention but sloppy in its execution.
That is, "All your searches are belong to us!
Nitpicky cheers,
msq
Google's rank technique doesn't leave much for "tweaking"
I own 2 websites that do not even show up in the first few pages of this guys search engine. If he wins I think I should sue him for "purposefully" devaluing MY website. Since he is a semi local company maybe I could even hire his own lawyer... Now that would be just too much karma....
You're surprised? I'm going to get sued for posting their proprietary searching technology, but here's the source for the SearchKing algorithms:
SELECT * FROM LinksTable ORDER BY AmountPaid DESC
I figured that Homer had a new business plan after compuglobalhypermeganet was sabatoged by Gates and his goons.
"Anonymous Coward" is for whistleblowers, not unpopular opinions.
Lawyer tells Search King that Google is here to see them.
Google : Mr. Simpson?
Search King: You don't look so rich...
Google: Don't let the haircut fool you, I am exceedingly wealthy.
Search King: [quietly to the lawyer] Get a load of the bowl-job!
Google: Your Internet ad was brought to my attention, but I can't figure out what, if anything, Search King does, so rather than risk competing with you, I've decided simply to buy you out.
Search King and their Lawyer quietly discuss this proposal.
Search King: I reluctantly accept your proposal!
Google: Well everyone always does. Buy 'em out, boys!
[Googles' lackeys trash the room.]
Search King: Hey, what the hell's going on!
Google: Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks! [insane laughter]
Remember, You are unique...just like everyone else.
Or sue for punitive damages when it doesn't work?
Next, Searchking will be suing slashdot.org for purposely and arbitrarily lauching a devious attack on the website that prevented their customers from accessing it.
Stupid like a fox!
Consider that Google has to make money somewhere, and the only way they seem to be able to do that is by selling advertisemet involving inflated PageRank scores or those extra links at the top of each search page (with the rest of the services Google offers being simple marketing).
In that case, both companies are in the same market, with roughly the same business strategy - their primary source of income is revenue for selling advertisement, and they attract customers to this advertising using various services, with Internet search being one of the main ones.
Is that they were upset about not getting enough traffic.
/.ed
Now searchking is
Ask and ye shall receive =)
"Mr Search, that's my name, that name again is Mr Search!"
Reality is defined by the maddest person in the room
I did a search on SearchKing to find out why it sucks, but none of the hits were relevant. I guess that's why SearchKing sucks!
But wait, there's more! I searched for the same thing in Google and found this site, which is part of SearchKing. It may not explain why SearchKing sucks, but I think it might answer the question, "What are these guys smoking?"
I really hate signatures, but go to my website.
"When your site it gets no linkage
and your hit count shows some shrinkage
dig for 209.217.135.144
send a ping!
Mr. Google is a loser,
And I think he is a boozer,
So you better make that call to the Search King!"
Hey Barney, what about a Spanish version:
"Senor Google no es macho,
Es solamente un borracho..."
--Linda
Name says it all.
Yep. It says: I can't spell algorithm!
I'll do it for cheesy poofs.
No, I don't, which is the reason their power must be destroyed.
Need a Python, C++, Unix, Linux develop
There has been mention of the case against Mac Donalds by the woman who was scalded by hot coffee and won a 7 million dollar lawsuit against them. Does anyone think MacDonalds thinks that was frivolous, or the lady or the judges, jury or lawyers. I believe everyone involved in that took it VERY seriously and everyone involved in this case does too.
I think I see his point!
love is just extroverted narcissism
A search for "search king" (w/o the quotes) does not show searchking in the first page. I know, I know, there is a space in between search and king in my search but I still think they should sue.
You'd think the real anti Christ would just zap Google with some lightning bolts, some biblical hellfire, or some cool shit like that, rather than some lousy mundane lawsuit.
Too bad!
jack's bicycle is music to my ears
Did a search at SearchKing for 'google owns you'
... er, interesting
The first result is
here are the results
mstyne: real name, no gimmicks
The best you can do is a google search for thesource ofallevil
and you might see something familiar near the top.
Search for SearchKing on SearchKing, SearchKing.com not found in the top 10 results...
Can you sue yourself for devaluating your own company's ranking on your own ranking site?
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Um, lawyers have been the devil's instruments since time immemorial.
My deviantArt site
Who uses a search engine to find other search engines?
Why not try searchking.com, for example? Bwahahahahahah.
because they don't even show up on their own search results
now THAT'S funny.