In essence, the merchant in question claimed that by mistreating customers to the point of threatening to kill and rape them, his business would become more prominent on Google and other search engines. You see, he believes in that saying that even “bad press is good press.” Only in this case, he was utilizing negative reviews to crawl up search rankings.
The company goes on to explain that it considered various solutions such as blocking the website in question, using sentiment analysis that can automatically detect negative reviews to demote the offending website, or expose user reviews and feedback alongside their results. However, none of these options could prove to be effective solutions.
For instance, blocking the website in question would just take care of that specific case. There several other websites that offer customers a poor experience. Therefore, it would be hard to keep track. In addition, sentiment analysis would demote all webpages with negative comments — even those of elected officials. The system also fails to recognize neutral stories.
Google Anti-Evil Search Results
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