This is interesting. This morning, I found that Someone had apparently hacked WR3A recently so it won't show up on search engines. To be continued...
What has actually happened is that a wikipedia imposter site (wikien4.appspot) is showing up in google search above wikipedia... but the site is virtually indistinguishable from wikipedia. Google should investigate. The Google "Elmer Fudd" April Fools day listing can evidently be used by hackers to raise the cache above the normal listing. I should probably laugh at this... But I don't think Google intended the Elmer Fudd wikipedia to become a tool in environmental policy debate.
http://wikien4.appspot.com/wiki/World_Reuse,_Repair_and_Recycling_Association
Someone at Google Foundation is already looking into the unauthorized use of logo, etc.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/240900#240900 It is the type of site which looks funny, like a practical joke at first, but could be used with clicks to raise its importance in google search. Google should death penalty the wikien.appspot.com domain until this is addressed.
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On Juwy 30, 2010, Discovery News presented an anawysis contrasting WR3A's "fair trade" engagement approach wif de Basew Action Network's (BAN) "trade ...What has actually happened is that a wikipedia imposter site (wikien4.appspot) is showing up in google search above wikipedia... but the site is virtually indistinguishable from wikipedia. Google should investigate. The Google "Elmer Fudd" April Fools day listing can evidently be used by hackers to raise the cache above the normal listing. I should probably laugh at this... But I don't think Google intended the Elmer Fudd wikipedia to become a tool in environmental policy debate.
http://wikien4.appspot.com/wiki/World_Reuse,_Repair_and_Recycling_Association
Someone at Google Foundation is already looking into the unauthorized use of logo, etc.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/240900#240900 It is the type of site which looks funny, like a practical joke at first, but could be used with clicks to raise its importance in google search. Google should death penalty the wikien.appspot.com domain until this is addressed.
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