Re: [ha-Safran]: Google & anti-Semitic website

2004-04-11 Thread Bernie Maengen
I just looked at it is still at the top. Bernie Maengen Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lis

RE: [ha-Safran]: Google & anti-Semitic website

2004-04-11 Thread S B
--- Stanley Nachamie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think I read last week that Google has already taken action and done something to prevent jewwatch from being at the top of the search results for "Jew." Can anyone confirm this? Stanley, I didn't read that yet. But ... I just did a sea

RE: [ha-Safran]: Google & anti-Semitic website

2004-04-11 Thread Stanley Nachamie
Rivka wrote: > Help us get Google.com to remove jewwatch.com from > their search engine. I think I read last week that Google has already taken action and done something to prevent jewwatch from being at the top of the search results for "Jew." Can anyone confirm this? Thanks, and enjoy the re

RE: [ha-Safran]: Google & anti-Semitic website

2004-04-10 Thread Rivka Strom
Subject: Jewish google Removal !! When performing a search for the word "Jew" on google.. the first result is a site that has been notorious for being anti-semitic.. the site is called jewwatch.com Google is the # 1 search site and the fact that The first search

RE: [ha-Safran]: Google & anti-Semitic website

2004-04-04 Thread Dr. Donald J. Weinshank
The search engine is neither philo-Semitic nor anti-Semitic. It is an algorithm which reports the hits on sites, no more, no less. Forgive my bluntness, but complaining about the GOOGLE search algorithm makes as much sense as saying that God is unfair because people fall off ladders due to gravity

RE: [ha-Safran]: Google & anti-Semitic website

2004-04-04 Thread Rivka Strom
Never fear. I forwarded your email on to every Jew in the world I know including one rabbi who runs www.koshertorah.com. He also gives classes on Torah and Kabbalah on PalTalk at www.paltalk.com. At any rate he sent the message on to all his students at his yeshiva and told everyone at paltalk w

RE: [ha-Safran]: Google & anti-Semitic website

2004-04-01 Thread astemp
Thanks to all my colleagues who responded to my posting. Yes, I was tempted to petition Google, but I think such an effort would be in vain. The main point I wanted to get across was that I believe it is our responsibility to ensure that our patrons question the validity of web sources. The Mart