[mrsD]

Back in my active days on BT... I was shocked to discover that my name when searched, was "borrowed" on many drug websites, and even some porn ones.

I reported it to JL there, but of course it went into the "round file".

I was told once that places take names with high Google visibility and snip them into their sites, so when people Googled me they were linked to disreputable places.
Most of them appear to be gone now, some with web-links domains gone. Fly by night spots...
At one time I was so angry about this, I had a disclaimer in my signature, but finally I removed it.

But I did find this one --and Chemar is on it too!
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache...nk&cd=13&gl=us

This appears to just be a copy of an OCD post.
I am not sure what this place is that copied a whole thread?

I haven't Googled myself in a while, so it was interesting to do that today!

[Chemar]

Hi mrsD

yup that is unauthorized copying. frequently those kinds of sites use them to keyword spam Google so as to get higher page ranking and then sell their (often unrelated) product.

I get that a lot with my business pages too and usually the sites themselves have no contact infor(as with the one you linked)
However, one can contact Google by reporting them and they will usually remove the site from their index and block future crawls of it

we will see what Doc feels about that one you linked, but the one reported by Curls isnt in that category...it is a legit indexed thread on MSN search

[Curious]

Originally Posted by Curls47

http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?c...ons+sheepskins

Oh well, what can you do.

Thanks much and good night.

that is going to happen in threads that contain the same keywords that another site uses. especially commercial sites. it doesn't mean they are doing anything malicious or illegal, just trying to show up when people do a search.

the thread in question mentions the webiste and sheepskin. that really upped the chance of it showing up in a search.

[DocJohn]

Here's what that page is -- it's a search-engine friendly archive that the forum software automatically creates to help the search engines index our community here.

As you'll notice, we don't run ads on NeuroTalk. But we do on the archive pages, because they are rarely viewed by our members, and so don't interfere with anyone's aesthetic. These ads bring in a few dollars a day and help offset the server costs of running NT.

You'll find those pages indexed in search engines, as those are the pages some search engines prefer to index.

I hope this clears up the confusion.

DocJohn