Comment So? (Score 0, Troll) 472
This is *not* Google's internet. What people do on their own webpage is their own damn business. Who gives a flying flip if it's "against Google's rules"? I believe the site is hosted in the United States, and last I checked, in most of those states, the 1st Amendment still applies.
How is what was done any worse than a googlebombing, or any other "abuse" of Google's indexing criteria? This technique is not new. This technique IS NOT the same or similar to e-mail spam. Perhaps Google needs to work on its ranking criteria. Like most tech companies, when they were small they embraced the hackers, now that they're big they and their fanboys seem to be about to begin attacking them.
Matt has spent more time working on the Wordpress project than most of these whiners spend masturbating, which is a lot. It's sad that his work and recognition has made him a target of these leeches.
A mistake in judgement, among many months of doing things right, was made. It was nothing more than a P.R. error. I wish people would just grow up and deal with it. Threatening to boycott a free product is just stupid.
How is what was done any worse than a googlebombing, or any other "abuse" of Google's indexing criteria? This technique is not new. This technique IS NOT the same or similar to e-mail spam. Perhaps Google needs to work on its ranking criteria. Like most tech companies, when they were small they embraced the hackers, now that they're big they and their fanboys seem to be about to begin attacking them.
Matt has spent more time working on the Wordpress project than most of these whiners spend masturbating, which is a lot. It's sad that his work and recognition has made him a target of these leeches.
A mistake in judgement, among many months of doing things right, was made. It was nothing more than a P.R. error. I wish people would just grow up and deal with it. Threatening to boycott a free product is just stupid.
