There was controversy a few years ago where the tilde sign was used with the word Scientology, and it also brought up a Wikipedia article for “cult”. One of the lesser-known tools used by searchers on Google has been the tilde sign (~) operator.
The suit, filed by an unnamed man according to the BBC, claimed defamatory autocomplete suggestions on Google.de linked him to fraud and scientology. In a ruling this week, a German federal court said Google must restrict information in its...
Previously, it has been the RIAA or Scientology or something more niche and segmented that has brought Anonymous out of the shadows. I have it running in the background much like you have a television or radio running, tuning in when you realize...
Pictures and video is used for illustration only - it is a 4chan video denouncing scientology, translated into japanese by other users. In the article he discussed a phenomenon that has being going on in China (and other parts of Asia) since 2001...
In 2008, a year after the Google bombs were supposedly defused, a search for [dangerous cult] returned Scientology.org. Chris Bowers of The Daily Kos calls the practice "Grassroots SEO," but it's basically Google bombing, or link bombing.
Brat Production also produced "A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pagaent" - unrelated to the ongoing Google-YouTube controversy pitting Anonymous versus Scientologists. "User 927" - subtitled "U are what U Seek" - is the first drama...
Now Internet search has given rise to Anonymous, the anti-Scientology group that uses viral videos widely available in YouTube and other video search engines to promote their cause. The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) allegedly burned down the "Street...
SEO, Social Marketing & ScientologyAn anonymous group trying to spread a negative message about Scientology is behaving much like an SEO or social media marketer would when marketing a client in the search engines and social platforms.
SEO, Social Marketing & ScientologyAn anonymous group trying to spread a negative message about Scientology is behaving much like an SEO or social media marketer would when marketing a client in the search engines and social platforms.
It was my first paragraph, about YouTube's response to the Anonymous-vs-Scientology online battle, that got attention. Shortly after I posted that YouTube had not removed Anonymous' initial YouTube threat/message to Scientology, SEW was flooded...
Some users think the view count freeze was a response to the plethora of Anonymous-vs-Scientology videos that have flooded the front page of YouTube recently. The freeze count did occur on the same day as videos from global Scientology protests...
The Gawker post by Joshua Stein appears to be a blatant attempt to pump up traffic to the Gawker-hosted Tom Cruise Scientology video. My colleague, ClickZ Executive Editor, AnnaMaria Virzi, tipped me off to a Gawker.com post online that's only...
Embroiled In Scientology Debate: Pulling pages the Scientologists said violated copyright lands Google in hot water. If we had blogs back then, I suppose I would have been a search blogger. But we didn't.
Millennium Copyright Act and started not long after Google came under fire for removing pages from an anti-Scientology web site because of a copyright infringement claim. Oh, the irony. Less than a week after we hear that Google is ready to fight...
The implications go across to other businesses like Scientology. Companies subvert search results to squelch criticism from the Online Journalism Review looks how companies are trying to squash bad public relations in search engines.
Google Makes Scientology Infringement Demand Public Search Engine Watch, April 2002 Google Embroiled In Scientology Debate Search Engine Watch, April 2002 PLEASE VISIT THE GOOGLE SECTION OF SEARCH TOPICS FOR MORE RECENT ARTICLES THAN THOSE BELOW.
The article suggests that only deep pockets can help get content removed at Google, as alleged to have happened in the Scientology case. ONWARD ARE LISTED IN WITHIN INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES OF THE GOOGLE SECTION AND THE GOOGLE: CRITICS OF SEARCH...
A DMCA case involving the Church of Scientology in 2002 is probably the most famous example of this. What's spam? Search columnist Kevin Ryan wasn't quite correct in saying there are no standards in his recent article.
He comments on the China filtering case and negotiating a settlement with the Church Of Scientology but wouldn't comment on active cases such as the dispute with SearchKing. The Search Engine Update - Number 150
The article suggests that only deep pockets can help get content removed at Google, as alleged to have happened in the Scientology case. Hello Everyone! So much to write about! Unfortunately, I can't get to everything, and this issue I decided to...
