Google vs Serverscheck
From Slashdot:
“JehCt writes “Google is being sued over the ’suggest’ feature built into its latest toolbar. InfoWorld reports: ‘ServersCheck, a small company that makes network monitoring software,’ is complaining that, ‘If ServersCheck is entered, Google generates suggested search terms such as serverscheck crack, serverscheck pro crack and serverscheck keygen which lead to pirated software.’ In an apparent public relations blunder, Google claimed to have no way of filtering suggestions. However, Google can and does filter because the toolbar won’t provide suggestions for keywords like ‘porn’.”
This was in the papers in Belgium a few days ago, because ServersCheck is a Belgian company. I think they have a valid point. Google shouldn’t offer illegal suggestions. They can prevent it from happening. It looks like they just don’t want to. (in this case). I didn’t know it was going to become so huge… to be continued.
What’s strange is this line: “In response to the suit, a Google attorney told a Belgian newspaper on Wednesday that they could not filter the results of Google Suggest, citing censorship concerns.”
They are already doing some censoring…for example, the word “porn” is not suggested when you type “por” into Suggest. It’s understandable that filtering wouldn’t be perfect, and that might be the problem. By trying to block suggestions for program cracks, you might inadvertantly block a legitimate website (i.e. “ceramic tile crack repair” or something). But they can’t censor some results and not others.
Comment by Niraj | May 22, 2006
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