I just stumbled across this article that explains what may have actually happened, When Algorithms Attack: How Googlebot And Tribune (And Some Idiot) Killed United Airlines Stock<http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/9/when-algorithms-attack-how-googlebot-and-tribune-and-some-idiot-killed-united-air-lines-stock>
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Sam Mbale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "the hard part is getting the people who write the > requirements to understand why they should care...." > I would like to think they care, it may just be the case of being caught > off guard. > I have search marketing experience and I know that these vulnerabilities > can be exploited > if you can ignore ethics. Even though Google does not condone googlebombing > the practice is still > widespread. You may recall the case of the Daily Mail columnist Julie > Moult <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/28/julie_moult_googlebomb/> . > If you Google Julie Moult a site very critical of her is still NO.1. This > is not exactly Googlebombing, > but shows how search results can be influenced by individuals. > > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Peter Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 2008/9/11 Christopher Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> I'm currently trying to ensure that my current client >> >> builds suitable safeguards into a similar feature they're >> >> proposing to deliver. >> > >> > >> > Well surely it can't take much; something like SELECT * FROM >> > 'active_news_articles' where 'published_date' => date(today)-90days? >> > >> > >> > (I know that's a horrible mangling of SQL syntax, but you get the idea >> :P ) >> > As far as safeguards go, it can't be that much more difficult at the >> > simplest level to filter out the old stories. Nobody cares whether a >> really >> > old story is popular or not... because it's old. ;) >> >> I'm sure the technical implementation will end up looking very much >> like that. The hard part is getting the people who write the >> requirements to understand why they should care.... >> >> Peter >> -- >> Peter Bowyer >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/peeebeee >> - >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, >> please visit >> http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >> Unofficial list archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > > > > -- > Sam Mbale > Mpelembe Network > http://www.mpelembe.net > > Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe > > -- Sam Mbale Mpelembe Network http://www.mpelembe.net Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe
