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leveymg

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4. Google's been doing this informally for years.

Reply to jakeXT (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2015, 01:01 PM

Mar 2015

DU for a long time was ranked highly by Google. But, DU was recently Google-bombed by the RW after a post produced some adverse publicity for a tax prep company. The poster was essentially correct but got one detail wrong. Shows what professional PR firms can do to on-line reputation when something like this goes viral.

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Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links [View all] jakeXT Mar 2015 OP

interesting! marym625 Mar 2015 #1

I wonder what the result for stuff like Iraq and WMD will be ... currently it's jakeXT Mar 2015 #2

I was thinking the same thing marym625 Mar 2015 #3

I doubt lies by omission are counted jakeXT Mar 2015 #5

But, if someone is looking up the missing information marym625 Mar 2015 #8

Google's been doing this informally for years. leveymg Mar 2015 #4

I think DU has lost a bit of traffic, I believe that also counts /nt jakeXT Mar 2015 #7

I think you're right. Could be that it's lost most of its Underground to favor the Circle-D crowd? leveymg Mar 2015 #9

That is what happens. Octafish Mar 2015 #10

I soooo want to work for Google! ffr Mar 2015 #6

I really wonder how this will turn out mrd777 Mar 2015 #11