[r937]

dear iNet

please have a look at this --

http://www.omgili.com/omgili.search?q=dbforums

clicking on one of the links takes you to the dbforums thread

however, click on the "more..." link and you will see that they have stored/indexed the entire thread text

probably purpose: to appear in search engine results, and to serve their own ads when someone clicks through to them

please ask your lawyers to send a cease & desist

thanks

[SoftWareRevue]

Thanks. Looking into it now.

[healdem]

.... I think they have gone further than that

..try doign a search

perhaps Inet could as part of the discussions find out how these guys can get a search that...
1) works
2) is pretty quick
3) seems to return reasonable results

[r937]

touché, eh

[Pat Phelan]

Going to go after Google too? I'm pretty sure that they actually do the same thing under the covers.

-PatP

[r937]

google does not display the threads and superimpose their own links to competing ads right in the text