Hi Tim- Nevermind, it looks like you did email the owner (in the third request). That's the correct action. The thread will be removed.
- pamela On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 9:00 AM, pamela (Google Employee) <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tim- > > Those two links don't go to the group owner, they go to Google Groups > administrators, and their primary purpose is for reporting stuff like > child pornography. I know the title of those links can be deceptive, > though. > > For the removal of a link in a group, the best thing to do is email > the owner of the group, via the email provided on the about the group > page. > > What is the URL of the post that you want removed? I can remove it. > > Please warn your employees not to post production URLs in the future, > as many groups have a policy of not "erasing the past". Thanks! > > - pamela > > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Tim Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am experiencing issues with the lack of any response received from my >> 'Report Spam' and 'Report the message' submissions to the Google Maps API >> Group. My next step is the report the group directly - which I have just >> done. >> >> The issue is the policy of having posts include the URL of a issues posted. >> However what you fail to appreciate is these posts are indexed by Google >> directly and generate high rankings - which cannot be removed unless the >> group removes the post - or at least the reference to it. >> >> A contractor of our firm has made an unauthorized post on Google Maps API >> under the heading javascript error in main.js file. They included the >> complete URL of the application, which 1 year later has been completed and >> launched. Now advertising has started - and searches for our domain name >> generate 'javascript error...' as the number one >> search result on Google. >> >> Google will not re-index until the Group content is updated - and the Group >> administrator has been completely unresponsive all week to remove the >> links. I suspect because it contradicts their policy. >> >> I am hopeful Google will step in and provide some assistance without the >> requirement of a legal injunction. >> >> The link in reference is danecountyforeclosure.com. >> Tim Miller >> ISADEX Corporation >> 100 Business Park Circle, Suite 109 >> Stoughton, WI 53589 >> http://www.isadex.com >> Phone: 608.877-0050 >> Tim Direct: 608.873-7561 >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" 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-maps-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
