__/ [ canadafred ] on Friday 14 July 2006 15:08 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Judge dismisses suit over Google ranking
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>> ,----[ Snippet ]
>> | A California judge on Thursday dismissed a Web site's lawsuit against
>> | Google over its fall in the Google search index, but left the door openf
>> | or the lawsuit to be amended and refiled.
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> [ article quote ]
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> ... was encouraged by the judge's discussion pertaining to the
> defamation claim, and he urged other Web site publishers to contact him
> at <snip> to join the lawsuit, which seeks class action status ...
>
> This could be fodder for distress to the uncontrolled masses should
> anything of significance entail.
...Could develop to become a dangerous precedence, if ever successful.
If Google was a monopoly (as Webster begins to suggest), then Google could be
seen as a gateway to access, traffic, and judgment and reputation. It might
become a hot topic one day. Advertisements in search results are where true
problems lies, e.g. Microsoft buying top position for the phrase 'linux;.
Best wishes,
Roy
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