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Old 07-24-2007, 12:06 AM  
polish_aristocrat
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Google banning sites from its search index because of unproven CP claims ?

In the following 10 days the popular "Club Seventeen" website from Payserve was not showing in Googles search results index.

If you searched for the term "Club Seventeen" , the ClubSeventeen.com site wasn't at the top - in fact it wasn't anywhere, because Google put a notice at the botton at their site, saying that because of a "CP complaint they received" they have decided to hide the url from their search results. A proper link to ChillingEffects.org was included.

Now, after approximately 10 days the Club Seventeen website shows up again in Google if you search for it... Well, WE all know they are legit, and even though they have "Seventeen" in their name, in fact all models there are 18+ and they are one of the most reliable teen sites on the web.

But why did Google temporary hide them? I mean, some idiot may send a CP compaint to Google but that shouldn't mean they should blindly listen to it and hide a certain url, until the situation is cleared. If that's indeed the case, then submitting such claims to Google could become a way to eliminate your competition, heh. Anyone here has more info on such situations?

BTW if you're curious how this legal notice looked like, do a search in Google for

really eighteen

and see the notice at the bottom. The domain reallyeighteen.com belongs to Slick, who has had major drama on GFY few months ago because Directnic shut down his domain. Anyway, I'm glad Club Seventeen is re-listed already, but I wonder why exactly it was "hidden" for the previous 10 days, when we all know the CP accusations were wrong and Payserve has all the proper 2257 statements on their site.
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