Steps to take if you have been ripped-off by a copy-cat government website

gik

hpuse wrote: »

Onus should not be on driver groups identifying these fake websites, but on the government.

I thought there were legions of Google workers doing that?

hpuse

gik wrote: »

I thought there were legions of Google workers doing that?

There is some old news for you below...LOL!

Google urged to remove copycat websites charging substantial fees for Government services from search rankings

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/google-urged-to-remove-copycat-websites-charging-substantial-fees-for-government-services-from-search-rankings-9162933.html

Senior figures from Google’s UK headquarters have been summoned by ministers and advised to remove from search rankings the copycat websites which are charging substantial fees for Government services including applications for passports and driving licences.

gik

hpuse wrote: »

There is some old news for you below...LOL!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/google-urged-to-remove-copycat-websites-charging-substantial-fees-for-government-services-from-search-rankings-9162933.html

Senior figures from Google’s UK headquarters have been summoned by ministers and advised to remove from search rankings the copycat websites which are charging substantial fees for Government services ierencluding applications for passports and driving licences.

Nothing you said from day one has actually worked...if you are honest?

hpuse

gik wrote: »

Nothing you said from day one has actually worked...if you are honest?

LOL....:rotfl:

Ok, if today someone search for passport renewals on google - no copycat ads appears.... whereas on day one, as you say, it DID appear.. Do you call that 'working' ?

hpuse

Exile_geordie

Its good that you only come back when the specific ad words are removed as if to prove a point.

Alas, rather then it be the google engineers who do this work why dont the government just outlaw these firms from doing this? That wouldve saved you 10 months of being made to look a div by all and sundry.

Exile_geordie

Mind you those same google engineers must have been so hard doing the passport work that they forgot about the driving licenses

hpuse

Exile_geordie wrote: »

Mind you those same google engineers must have been so hard doing the passport work that they forgot about the driving licenses
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I would be surprised to see a system like Google operating 3.5bn searches in a day running without leaving any holes to hook for these SEO scamsters..

Also, may be posters here benefit their understanding from below.
Some 'holes' may be are deliberate in a system that it helps enforcement authorities to smoke perpetrators out... Yes holes are good too! :rotfl:

I am sure someone here is soon going to ask me back up the above statement with a Harward style reference. Yes! getting used to such questions/comments so better know what is coming next ...

Pollycat

hpuse wrote: »

I would be surprised to see a system like Google operating 3.5bn searches in a day running without leaving any holes to hook for these SEO scamsters..

Also, may be posters here benefit their understanding from below.
Some 'holes' may be are deliberate in a system that it helps enforcement authorities to smoke perpetrators out... Yes holes are good too! :rotfl:

I am sure someone here is soon going to ask me back up the above statement with a Harward style reference. Yes! getting used to such questions/comments so better know what is coming next ...

I'm not going to ask you to back up the above statement (we all know that is a pointless exercise) but I would like this statement:

Also, may be posters here benefit their understanding from below.

translated into understandable English.

bod1467

Given what's happening to the forum today, I'm almost happy to see this thread on page 1.


Almost ......................