This is especially frustrating. Someone created a proxy server on Google's App Engine platform here: wapfree-ec.appspot.com
Unfortunately, they did not configure this proxy server correctly with <META ROBOTS> tags to inform search engines NOT TO INDEX the proxied content. As a result, this site is unintentionally STEALING content and getting it indexed in Google Search. Not just my site either...93,000 pages of other people's content. Go to google and type this: site:wapfree-ec.appspot.com you'll see thousands of pages of OTHER PEOPLE'S CONTENT. ON A GOOGLE HOSTED SITE! What's frustrating is that I tried to solve this "the right way", by filing a DMCA removal request. Unbelievably, the response from Google was this: "The DMCA notice sent below is for an application that is a web proxy. The content in question is not stored on the application, but instead is simply being pulled from the original source and forwarded to the user." That's completely stupid. How is the manner in which the content was stolen, published, and INDEXED by Google search of any conseqence? Am I allowed to create a web proxy that copies content from anyone I want, and get it all indexed in Google? Tell me there's someone at Google that understands this problem! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
