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The expired domain abuse thing --- that's interesting because finding that signal was one of the few things I got done while I was at Google... in November 2006
by solresol 3y ago
The expired domain abuse thing --- that's interesting because finding that signal was one of the few things I got done while I was at Google... in November 2006! And I vaguely remember being told that the fix went into the codebase after I identified that it was happening.
- licheness 3y agoInteresting you bring this up. We saw something similar happen at another FAANG where the fake review detection mechanisms that had worked so well were suddenly removed from the codebase, among other quality control safeguards.
- xyzzy123 3y agoSafeguards can hard to fight for when they make key numbers go down but improve something else that doesn't (immediately) show up in metrics.
- licheness 3y agoAgreed, metrics such as customer satisfaction, customer retention, and brand trust.
- plumeria 3y agoI wonder if Google does something to detect fake Android reviews or coordinated review bombing? It seems to me, at least anecdotally, that they don't have effective mechanisms for this.
- r00fus 3y agoI mean, that was before the Doubleclick merger aka takeover that seemed to plunge Google into profiting from the problem instead of trying to fix it.
- bitcharmer 3y agoIf your fix contributed to reducing ad revenue I can bet my money it was intentionally ignored. This is the only thing that matters to them.
- viraptor 3y agoI wonder if this will make a big change. I bought a company domain which I realised after a while had a different meaning before. It's also been linked to from Wikipedia. That means I've been enjoying the old free Google juice for quite a while.