Comments on: Google’s (Staff) Index Poisoned by Microsoft

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:22:15 +0000

The title is somewhat poor, but on:
“Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company’s being paid to “de-index” its news websites from Google”
I remember a source suggesting that a website do exactly this earlier. I am trying to dig it up.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:01:48 +0000

With a “2.0″ at the end.

By: dyfet

dyfet — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:52:40 +0000

Same as the “old” Microsoft.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:42:25 +0000

But what about the “new Microsoft” they tell us about?

By: dyfet

dyfet — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:33:39 +0000

I recall when they had to start in effect paying people to use Bing. But this latest deal seems to me like it is asking for a world of hurt. When a competitor starts paying people not to buy your product, that is where both interesting lawsuits and new anti-trust investigations are born. What it does fully demonstrate is that Microsoft’s fundimental behavior as a criminal organization that openly engages in fraudulent and deceptive business practices has not changed, not at all.

By: David Gerard

David Gerard — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:30:30 +0000

The key point here is that Microsoft can't win by this method, but they're desperate enough to try anyway. Their entire anti-Google strategy has been a series of Hail Mary passes funded by the remains of the cash mountain.