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Google Blocks co.cc From Search Results

Posted by timothy on from the blocking-dot-com-would-be-even-more-thorough dept.

tekgoblin writes "Google has taken the attack on malware into its own hands today as it blocks the entire co.cc subdomain. The block removed about 11 million results from the Google search index which should dramatically clean up much malware in search results."

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  1. I just hope they don't block co.ck by ZP-Blight · · Score: 5, Funny

    That wouldn't be cool.

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    1. Re:I just hope they don't block co.ck by interval1066 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah... living my life via a code invented by a tv show, that'll be the day. Live long and prosper, y'all.

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    2. Re:I just hope they don't block co.ck by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Everyone's favourite TV tech support site, http://www.expertsexchange.com/

      The rest, from http://www.dba-oracle.com/oracle_news/news_fun_urls.htm:

      http://www.kidsexchange.com/ - Kids clothing
      http://www.whorepresents.com/ - Celebrity agents
      http://www.therapistfinder.com/ - Site to find therapists
      http://www.powergenitalia.com/ - Italian power generator supplier

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  2. Re:First post! by migla · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wasn't this posted a few days ago?

    Nope. I'm pretty sure you just posted it. Maybe you posted a dupe comment, but it's not the same exact one, just identical.

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  3. Re:Continue, please! by Seumas · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Problem is, it only allows you to blacklist 50 domains (or did, last time I used the feature).

    I suppose suggesting google should block them is a bit harsh, but it'd be nice if they had a way to more appropriately rank them. The quality and accuracy and meaningfulness of the content deserves placement a few pages down; the only reason they have the top three or five results most of the time, is due to a more broad manipulation unrelated to the actual individual content. If the content was valuable (like wikipedia results), I'd have no problem with it rising to the top - even with a nudge by google as a judgement call.

  4. Re:Well by kai_hiwatari · · Score: 5, Informative

    .co.cc is not an officially recognized second level domain. It is just sub-domains given out by a Korean company that owns the domain http://co.cc/ So, Google is actually removing just one domain with 11 million sub-domains. (source http://digitizor.com/2011/07/06/google-removes-cc-domains/ )

  5. Re:Continue, please! by Lehk228 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Expert Sex Change is a pile of shit and ehow is a waste of space

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  6. Re:They'll migrate elsewhere by lucm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    > some people say that it's better to allow a hundred guilty people go free than imprison one innocent person. I'm not sure if I agree with that

    If one day you are the one innocent stuck with 100 guilty people maybe you will change your mind. If you want a second opinion on this, ask the mother of Freddy Krueger.

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  7. Link to the original article from google by timid3000 · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2011/06/protecting-users-from-malware-hosted-on.html