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Is Google Breaking Their Own Rules?

flood6 writes "Threadwatch is carrying a story about Google getting caught doing things they ban other websites for. Here is a page as viewed by the public and the same page as viewed by a search engine (their cache)." Note that the titles in the cache are employing classic keyword stuffing, presumably to improve rankings.

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  1. first cache? by farquharsoncraig · · Score: 5, Funny

    insightful interesting insightful interesting insightful interesting.

  2. No, wait by smittyoneeach · · Score: 2, Funny

    Congress is the only one around here who gets to pass laws in the hypocritical fashion, e.g. labor laws.
    You're not trying to imply Google is leveraging itself into the government, are you? That's ++L++R territory!

    --
    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
    1. Re:No, wait by Xzzy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sounds like a lot of people upset over nothing.

      Welcome to the internet!

  3. Where is my spam? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I want to get spam. As a citizen of the united states it is my right to receive spam. Who are you to deny this right of me? I hope George Washignton Bush will protect my right and fight the terrorists who want to stop spam getting to me.

    Telemarketers too.

  4. Stop the presses by klubkid79 · · Score: 5, Funny

    News at 11 ! Google is promoting themselves on their own website!

  5. so.... by jotux · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...this means when I search google.....for things related to google, google pages will make it higher in the search results?!?!

    I feel so betrayed!

  6. "mountain mountain mountain mountain" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny


    I see folk getting their panties in a twist shouting "mountain!" while pointing at a mole hill.

  7. Brittant Spears by Juiblex · · Score: 5, Funny

    Their next step is to put on bottom of google.com front page, in font size 1, white foreground on white background:

    "britney spears
    brittany spears
    brittney spears
    britany spears
    britny spears
    briteny spears
    britteny spears
    briney spears
    brittny spears
    brintey spears
    britanny spears
    britiny spears
    britnet spears
    britiney spears
    britaney spears
    britnay spears
    brithney spears
    brtiney spears
    birtney spears
    brintney spears
    briteney spears
    bitney spears
    brinty spears
    brittaney spears
    brittnay spears
    britey spears
    brittiny spears
    brtney spears
    bretney spears
    britneys spears
    britne spears
    brytney spears
    breatney spears
    britiany spears
    britnney spears
    britnry spears
    breatny spears
    brittiney spears
    britty spears
    brotney spears
    brutney spears
    britteney spears
    briyney spears
    bittany spears
    bridney spears
    britainy spears
    britmey spears
    brietney spears
    brithny spears
    britni spears
    brittant spears
    bittney spears
    brithey spears
    brittiany spears
    btitney spears
    brietny spears
    brinety spears
    brintny spears
    britnie spears"

    1. Re:Brittant Spears by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      britney's spears

      Haha, that's funny :-)

      Now that's misunderstanding a name...

      "What, was it ever about a pop star and not a lot of spears?!"

  8. Re:So what? by AndyMan1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I prefer the other golden rule: He who smelt it, dealt it.

  9. Google hasn't done a very good job... by PsychicX · · Score: 5, Funny

    Searching for "search engine" only brings up google in 5th place. They're certainly doing a shoddy job of being unfair.

  10. obligatory Beastie Boys by ecklesweb · · Score: 2, Funny

    You pop caught you smoking, and he said, "No way!"
    That hypocrite smokes two packs a day.

  11. In other news... by jotux · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google bans google webpages from google search engine.

  12. Re:So what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I prefer the other golden rule: He who smelt it, dealt it

    Obviously you are unfamiliar with the great flatulence fallacy. This rule is nothing but a ruse to distract from the real source of the foul odor.

  13. Re:So what? by swimmar132 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I read a book about how space aliens came and raped three blonde girls and then blew up earth.

    I'm going to apply that fictional story to Google and make some asinine analogy too!

  14. Re:for fun... by Drey · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Probably because I'm not a drooling, slavishly anti-Microsoft cretin..."

    So what are you doing on Slashdot?

  15. Not too evil... by DarkHelmet · · Score: 2, Funny
    --
    /^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
  16. Re:So what? by zecg · · Score: 1, Funny

    They could probably make a psychological profile of you by now. And it would really show my multiple personality disorder; a new face for each session.

    --
    .i lu doi ringos.star. xu do puku'aroroi dunli dopecaku leni virnu li'u
  17. Re:So what? by TheoMurpse · · Score: 3, Funny

    Whoever denied it supplied it!

  18. Is google breaking their rules? by RichardX · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know, but apparently our editors isn't editing. Guess that's because our children isn't learning though.

    --
    Curiosity was framed. Ignorance killed the cat.
  19. Re:So what? by Psiolent · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about:

    The smeller's the feller.

    and:

    The blamer's the shamer.

  20. Re:So what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You're a poet but don't know it...

  21. The shit sandwhich rule by theshowmecanuck · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whoever has lots of bread, doesn't have to eat shit.

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    -- I ignore anonymous replies to my comments and postings.
  22. Re:So what? by CmdrObvious · · Score: 2, Funny

    anybody want a peanut?