Porn Supression in Google mentioned in a BoingBoing article

Bill · 2006-12-28, 03:41 AM

They're not talking very coherently about it, but it's interesting to see a bunch of the better known sex information writers are complaining that they've been dumped from the serps.

Don't read this looking for intellifgent commentary - it's just interesting to see the effect make the news in a big(ish) blog like boingboing

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/27...ppears_se.html

"Google "disappears" sex blogs? Something's broken.
A number of bloggers who cover topics related to human sexuality say they've suddenly disappeared (or at least been deeply demoted) in Google search results. Popular "indie" blogs that deal with nonfiction sex ed or indie alt-erotica fare (Tiny Nibbles, Comstock Films, ErosBlog, and others) have suddenly vanished to much lower ranking in relevant search results -- even when you have Google's adult filter turned off. And in practical effect, being buried is just as bad as being filtered out entirely.

The apparent drop appears to coincide with changes Google recently made to their keyword ad program, AdSense.

But here's what's so crazy: now, when you search for the missing indie sexblogs, the top results are icky porn spam blogs (aka "porn splogs")."

2006-12-28, 03:41 AM	#1
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Porn Supression in Google mentioned in a BoingBoing article They're not talking very coherently about it, but it's interesting to see a bunch of the better known sex information writers are complaining that they've been dumped from the serps. Don't read this looking for intellifgent commentary - it's just interesting to see the effect make the news in a big(ish) blog like boingboing http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/27...ppears_se.html "Google "disappears" sex blogs? Something's broken. A number of bloggers who cover topics related to human sexuality say they've suddenly disappeared (or at least been deeply demoted) in Google search results. Popular "indie" blogs that deal with nonfiction sex ed or indie alt-erotica fare (Tiny Nibbles, Comstock Films, ErosBlog, and others) have suddenly vanished to much lower ranking in relevant search results -- even when you have Google's adult filter turned off. And in practical effect, being buried is just as bad as being filtered out entirely. The apparent drop appears to coincide with changes Google recently made to their keyword ad program, AdSense. But here's what's so crazy: now, when you search for the missing indie sexblogs, the top results are icky porn spam blogs (aka "porn splogs")."