Re: [ga] Google's SafeSearch is overzealous, blocks innocuous domains
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<font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">I would like to mention that I
fould the following article on </font>
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<font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">It addresses the same
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<font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Google's SafeSearch flaws are
more
than academic -- they can have serious consequences for innocent Web site
operators blocked out by them. Google is the most widely used search engine
on
the Web, and failure to appear in its listings can have a direct impact on
sales for some companies, particularly smaller enterprises with limited
marketing budgets.
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<p class="textBodyBlack">Research company WebSideStory reported last month
that Google claimed an all-time high in search referrals, 41 percent of the
United States total, and the search giant's market share is steadily
expanding. </p>
<p class="textBodyBlack">"Traffic from Google can make or break a
business,"
said Maria Medina, whose family-run clothing business at
ALittleGirlsBoutique.com doesn't pass the SafeSearch censor. "Here I am,
a mom
of four children, creating an at-home business that sells little girl dresses
and accessories, in order to spend more time with my children, and I have
been
filtered out as not being family friendly. Ridiculous." </p>
<p class="textBodyBlack">David Drummond, Google's vice president for business
development, said that at the time of its development, SafeSearch was
designed
to be overly cautious. "The thinking was that SafeSearch was an opt-in
feature," Drummond said. "People who turn it on care a lot more
about
something sneaking through than they do about something getting filtered
out."
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On Behalf Of Jeff Williams<br>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 9:00 PM<br>
To: General Assembly of the DNSO<br>
Subject: [ga] Google's SafeSearch is overzealous, blocks innocuous domains<br>
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All former DNSO GA members or other interested stakeholders/users,<br>
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Seems Google has gone over the edge. More disgusting
Censorship... Maybe
there is to much sex in Vietnam and to many girls advertising<br>
their wares... So much for Marketing is education and/or<br>
education is marketing... No more liberal sex education for Safe
Searchers on
Google, and seems all "Girls" are now "innocuous" if the
term or string
"Girls" appears in a domain name and google is your chosen
"Safe Search"
search facility.. So Girlscouts.org, Girlsclub.org, ect, ect., are now
"innocuous" domains... How special... :/<br>
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