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Surely this is the wrong approach - instead of trying to remove every post about him online (ultimately impossible) he could employ a company to produce content
by whyleyc 13y ago
Surely this is the wrong approach - instead of trying to remove every post about him online (ultimately impossible) he could employ a company to produce content with enough SEO juice to outrank everything else when searching for his name.
- thejosh 13y agoOr just get more media awareness for this so when someone googling his name this article will show first.
- newman314 13y agoGood luck trying to out SEO cbc.ca. What you suggest might be possible if the sites were low PR etc., but now that it's a news story, the Streisand effect pretty much negates that approach.
- wjnc 13y agoThe point is that he IS pursuing that strategy and that cbc.ca is a positive google for his name.
- mmariani 13y agoThat's true. Plus the fact he is an unemployed teacher who probably has no money to spare on SEO. However, I think this story at least will help a little getting a new job. I guess he will certainly put a link to this piece on his resume.
- Sven7 13y agoOr he could just wait for something like this to happen to someone within Google. I am pretty sure policies will change quick. I like how they can hide behind some nuanced BS when someone's life is getting ruined.
- pyre 13y agoI'm surprised that he even got a response from Google. I thought that the only way to get to a person was to post on HN. </sarcasm> ;-)
- rbanffy 13y agoSeeking out media seems to be working: https://www.google.com/search?q=lee+clayworth&aq=f&oq=lee+&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=lee+clayworth&aq=f&o...