think twice before posting negative information on the net.

[abdul-aziz]

:salam2:

When you go on the internet, and find an article, video, or online store that is bad, misinformation, or fraud; DON'T complain to that SITE.

It turns out that Google's top secret search algorithm ( the thing that makes the site come up first in your search) doesn't distinguish between negative information and positive information.

A recent article in NY times describes how a business thrived by having negative information. The negative information caused it to be the first thing to come up in a search. And he ripped off a lot of people.

Having said that, those articles that speak bad about Islam and Muslims are the same. The more you complain the more it arrives on top of searches because of the ranking of page hits.

so rule of thumb, bad information should not be posted or repeated as it allows the information to take precedence even if it is not true or phony. So don't send email saying can you believe this video or site. The more hits the more popularity on google's search engine.

If you have found something that is fraud like stealing money or stuff take it to the authorities.

wa Allah ya'lam

the article I was referring to is here and you must join ny times to read it.

 

[abdul-aziz]

UPDATE

:salam2:

Google sucker-punches online retail bully

Treat your online customers badly and it will move your company up in the search rankings? That bizarre and awful strategy may have worked for one website for awhile, but not anymore, says Google. The search giant has developed an "algorithmic solution" specifically to fight a merchant who boasted that his bullying of customers pushed his company's ranking up in search.
The downright cruel means apparently used by Vitaly Borker, the founder and owner of DecorMyEyes.com, an eyeglasses website, was profiled Monday in a story by The New York Times, a story that "horrified" those at the search giant, said Google fellow Amit Singhal on the company's blog.
"Even though our initial analysis pointed to this being an edge case and not a widespread problem in our search results, we immediately convened a team that looked carefully at the issue," Singhal wrote. "That team developed an initial algorithmic solution, implemented it, and the solution is already live. I am here to tell you that being bad is, and hopefully will always be, bad for business in Google’s search results."
One customer, Clarabelle Rodriguez, told the Times that at one point, in attempts to return a pair of glasses she did not want, a man from the website told her "Listen, bitch ... I know your address. I’m one bridge over," — a reference, the Times said, to the company’s office in Brooklyn.
"Then, she said, he threatened to find her and commit an act of sexual violence too graphic to describe in a newspaper," the Times reported.
Of course, Rodriguez sought to fight, like many other customers before her. She contacted her bank and the police. And she saw how others shared complaints on websites that showcase such horror stories. And that, apparently, is exactly what Borker has wanted the past few years.
The negative Web spin pushed his site higher in Google search results, which he said, in a posting on one site, meant more sales for him. "I never had the amount of traffic I have now since my 1st complaint. I am in heaven," Borker said in one posting, shared by the Times.
"I’ve exploited this opportunity because it works," he told the newspaper. "No matter where they post their negative comments, it helps my return on investment. So I decided, why not use that negativity to my advantage?”
Google says that strategy will no longer pay off for companies like Borker's.
"By treating your customers badly, one merchant told the paper, you can generate complaints and negative reviews that translate to more links to your site; which, in turn, make it more prominent in search engines. The main premise of the article was that being bad on the web can be good for business," wrote Singhal.
And Google, which is often secretive about its algorithms, said it "cannot reveal the details of our solution," and can't "say for sure that no one will ever find a loophole in our ranking algorithms in the future," he said.
"We know that people will keep trying: attempts to game Google’s ranking, like the ones mentioned in the article, go on 24 hours a day, every single day."