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Google Sued over Page Ranking

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-i-wanna-be-ranked-higher dept.

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".

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  1. ab by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    adsf
    adfdfa

    1. Re:ab by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      that was me--! :)
      with the *real* first post--hello whirlpool!

  2. First post! by netglen · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First post! Had to do it. It's funny seeing what desperate businesses will do to draw attention to themselves. Bastards.

    1. Re:First post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      and Pee with Forrest Newman!!!

      be be boop boop be be be boop boop!!!!

      -1 (THRALL)

  3. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster...

  4. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post

  5. I guess MS will sue Google soon too by JPS · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Go to http://www.google.com/linux and type in "windows". I'm really wondering whether the first hit is here as an eastern egg or not ;)

  6. What! by moc.tfosorcimgllib · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm suing this "Search King" for copyright infringment. I don't know what else I should sue him under, but he is blatently stealing MY idea for success.

    I'm suing so-called "Best Buy" because they are devaluing my business "Buy King". Not only did this JERK steal my business name, but he stole my whole business plan.

  7. PROPS to YOU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They ran on forever th-- when I-- We lived in Arizona and the skies always had little fluffy clouds and, uh, they were long and clear . . . and there were lots of stars . . . at night . . . And, uh, when it would rain it would all turn. They were beautiful the most beautiful skies as a matter of fact. The sunsets were . . . purple and red and yellow and on fire and the clouds would catch the colors everywhere . . . That's-- it neat, 'cause I used to look at them all the time when I was little. You don't see that. You might still it in the desert.

    msq

  8. YOU'RE SO FUNNY I'M GOING TO KICK YOUR ASS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    dipshit.

  9. Fuckin' funny by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    seanmeister, dude, you made my morning.

    You're already at +5, Funny, so I thought I'd give it to you the cowardly way.

    Thanks.

  10. Slashdot Named in second lawsuit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Slashdot.org is being sued by SearchKing.com because Slashdot "purposefully slashdotted his companies' and his customers' web sites by causing all the geeks in the world to simultaneously surf to his web page."

  11. Re:AT LEAST GET THE CLICHE CORRECT by Ionizor · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I don't mean to be a bastard but don't you mean "All your search are belong to us?"

    --

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    Todd's Law: All things being equal, you lose!
  12. Re:PageRank.c by Tim+Browse · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    As they say in the trade: Whoops!

    The poster said it would be "one up from the bottom" because he was being charitable, and envisioning a scenario where, e.g. q.bottom = 10, and 10 is the worst rank you can have (presumably 1 or 0 being the best), which is different to the system mentioned in the story.

    So (q.bottom - 1) is 9, which is one up from the bottom.

    However, if as you stridently claim, the bottom rank is 1, then q.bottom-1 is 0, which is meaningless. It certainly isn't 2, unless you've overloaded the binary minus operator.

    "egotistical ivory-tower half-blind code monkey"?

    Hmm...

    Tim

  13. In other news... by dubiousmike · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I sued /. for not automatically modding my posts higher. Then I realized they did (+2 bonus) and lost my shirt.

  14. Plow King? by Aqua+OS+X · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Anyone else reminded of that time when Homer became the Plow King?

    Moreover, it looks like Search King stole their "go" button from about.com a while ago. No very professional if you ask me.

    --
    "Things are more moderner than before- bigger, and yet smaller- it's computers-- San Dimas High School football RULES!"
  15. The problem... by ViZA · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is the guy who is sueing google. Need you ask any more questions?