Personally, I am a bit perturbed by the handling of the situation by Google and Firefox specifically.
I understand and respect protecting people using their search engines. However I feel that the no respect was given to the plight of self taught web developers, or even seasoned developers who are the subject of new forms of attacks on their webpages. In my case I just released and heavily promoted my business. The issue I am facing was surely not my intention, however the presentation google and firefox have chosen to list my webpage, leads people to beleive I am actually out to get them! Firefox goes so far as to use bright red colors and oh my you will surely DIE at this evil persons webpage! Go away! I wish they had taken more respect for the other end of the spectrum (web developers, business owners, etc) and at the very least given everyone the benefit of the doubt and perhaps wrote "Sorry the web page you are trying to view may have been subject to a hack. Please check back later as the webmaster has been made aware of the issue". This protects the viewer, and saves face on the side of the webmaster. The current response is so volatile that it is destructive to a businesses success, and leaves people enraged. is it really nescessary? Let's not forget Google and Firefox aren't contacting anyone concerning these issues! They simply are flagging it and walking away, figuring you'll find out in your own good time! How hard is it to look for a contact form or email on a webpage and send them a warning email? I personally feel that google has taken a situation i am not responsible for, and then pitched it to my target audience like I am responsible. I feel google and firefoxes choice to not presume our innocence and write a negative review of our webpages attention is potential libelous, and google should tread far lighter in these regions! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message through the Google Groups "stopbadware" 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/stopbadware?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
