FC: How sex sites scam the Google search engine, from Geeknews

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[In case you haven't tried it, Google is a terribly useful search engine. 
--Declan]

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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:54:02 -0700
To: declan () well com
From: Diana Mertz Hsieh <diana () brickell net>
Subject: scamming google

Jimmy Wales of Bomis (http://www.bomis.com) alerted me to this amazingly
effective Google scam, in which a ring of domains and sham discussions of
over 2000 nude celebrities are used to drive Googlers to a single adult
site.  My write up is available on GeekPress (http://www.geekpress.com) at:

http://www.geekpress.com/stories/google.shtml

It's also mirrored on Bomis (in case my server chokes) at:

http://www.bomis.com/google.html

Who knew Google could be so vulnerable?

diana.



Diana Hsieh
GeekPress
http://www.geekpress.com
Not Your Father's Tech News




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