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Google Responds to SearchKing's Lawsuit

The Importance of writes "Back in October, SearchKing sued Google for reducing SearchKing's pagerank, as previously reported. Now, Google has filed a reply and a motion to dismiss. LawMeme has both documents as well as analysis."

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  1. If I search for "SuperDuG" on google .. by SuperDuG · · Score: 5, Funny
    I come up first ... does that make me the end-all-be-all best superdug because google says so?

    This is the same as sueing the "A" group in highschool for not deeming you cool and because of that your self esteem suffered and you became a computer science major.

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  2. Honestly... by Sayten241 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who goes to a search engine to search for other search engines anyway? That's like me training a dog to find other dogs that are trained to find dogs. I don't see how search king could possibly even claim to have a case here.

  3. SearchKing ... PlowKing ... RainKing ... by B3ryllium · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can I start up "Slashdot King"?

  4. Darn it. by m_chan · · Score: 5, Funny
    I was rather excited when I read, on page 3:
    II. Table of Authorities
    United States Statutes and Other Authority


    Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
    485 U.S. 46, 53 (1988)

    Sweet! Larry Flynt will set me straight. So happily did I turn on to page 10, for those playing along at home.

    and it read:
    even when a speaker is motivated by hatred or ill will his expression [is] protected by the First Amendment
    which is totally not what I was looking for. I even checked under the staples.
  5. Best quote ever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The King does have a point: when your "business" consists of shoplifting and the corner store installs a security camera, you're going to go out of business quickly enough that an injunction is your only hope.

  6. Re:Look what Searchking is doing now! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    (Use the Preview Button! Check those URLs! Don't forget the http://!)

  7. Re:If I were Google by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    " Google is a private company and has the right to exclude anyone they choose."

    "Objection, your honor."

    "On what grounds?"

    "It's devastating to my case!"


    (okay, the reference is a little obscure. Hint: Jim Carrey.)

  8. Re:If I were Google by tunah · · Score: 3, Funny

    Obscure? Liar!

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  9. And another by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "the first time LawMeme has seen a legal document with a "your ad here" banner attached"

  10. Legal Defense Fund? by RajivSLK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait a minute aren't *they* suing Google?

    It should be a "Legal Attack Fund".

    We should sue them for false representation!

  11. Yet another reason why Google is the best... by sgtsanity · · Score: 5, Funny
    They wittily insult the plantiff in their legal documents:
    The PageRank values assigned by Google are not susceptible to being proved true or false by objective evidence. How could SearchKing ever "prove" that its ranking should "truly" be a 4 or a 6 or a 8? Certainly, Search King is not suggesting that each one of the billions of web pages ranked by Google are subject to another "truer" evaluation? If it believes so, it is certainly free to develop its own search services using the criteria it deems most appropriate.
    SearchKing = Owned
  12. Watch out, you might be next by CaptainSuperBoy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uh oh.. Now they're gonna sue you for taking away their right to a revenue stream! You must stop your anticompetitive behavior immediately and let them sell their public domain documents for $20.

  13. SearchKing is just a portal scammer by Dexheimer · · Score: 4, Funny

    The SearchKing website looks no differen't than those web-portals for squatted urls. But they promise such good results! So here are some query response:

    Search: "Fuck You"
    -1. Get Paid To Surf The Internet!
    -2. Where to find music CDs, DVDs, select MP3 music tracks, free music download
    -3. Never Be Sued Again!
    -4. Get Paid to Surf
    -5. Kudos and Compliments for You and for Those Who Bring You Happiness
    -6. (see 5)
    -7. How To Start A Money Brokerage Business

    and I think you get the point. Perhaps a more 'relevant' search query could yield better results:

    Search: Car
    -1. 765469
    -2. License Plates - Vanity License Plates
    -3. Next Honda of New England
    -4. Ramsfield.com Auto Parts

    Hmm. Better results than the search for "Fuck You". But I still wanna know the logic that went into making "765469" the number one result. Oh, and another nice feature is that the linked pages come complete with a SearchKing adbar in a differen't frame.

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  14. Quoth the server, 404 by VJTod · · Score: 4, Funny

    I had copied Exhibit A from the PDF, and didn't pay attention to the URL I got from Acrobat
    http://w.qooqle.com/technolouv/index. html

    Anyway, this was qooqle's (not google's) response to my request
    http://paradise.qooqle.com/404.html
    "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pron surfed weak and weary.
    Over many a strange and spurious pronsite of 'hot XXX galore'.
    While I clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning.
    And my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour.
    "'Tis not possible", I muttered, "give me back my free hardcore!"
    Quoth the server,
    404



    OCR wins again.

  15. Re:If I were Google by plague3106 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or the US?

  16. Space, the final brassiere by edog1203 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmmmm, perhaps this Internet King can provide faster nudity....

  17. Google and $cientology by boots@work · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you want to know how the folks at Google feel about Scientology, try a Google search for "goatse". No, really! Look at the suggested category...

    Nice hack :-)

    1. Re:Google and $cientology by x0n · · Score: 2, Funny


      Puerile, yes, but funny: searching for "goatse" yielded "Ananova - Man jailed for goat sex attack" near the bottom of the first page of results. Lol!

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  18. Re:If I were Google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Not in today's world - if your ubiquitous, ....

    As a professional programmer, ...

    As a professional programmer, you ought to learn the difference between "your" and "you're".

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