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"They included a link to a blog post by Economics Editor Robert Peston. The request was believed to have been made by a person who had left a comment underneath
by pp19dd 12y ago
"They included a link to a blog post by Economics Editor Robert Peston. The request was believed to have been made by a person who had left a comment underneath the article."
Now that's a good example of a feature fighting the product. Disable article commenting: you might miss out on engagement and subsequent pageviews. Enable commenting: you might get the article de-listed from Google. Allow anonymous commenting: you invite trolls (such as jezabel/violent GIF swarm). Require (partially) verified identities: you risk takedown requests.
- andreasvc 12y agoI think you're glossing over the simplest option: allow commenters to remove their comments. This puts the responsibility where it belongs. If you want content removed, actually have it removed, don't involve some third party search engine index.
- quandrum 12y agoReading the blog about this example[1] actually heartened me that this is being done correctly. The blog remains in google under all obvious keywords. Google only removes it for the requested keyword (probably the commenters name). It's not a true delisting, but the option to have your name disassociated from content. [1] http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28130581 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28130581
- DanBC 12y agoThe article is only de-listed from Goolge if you try searching for it using the name of the commenter. All other search terms return the article.
- brador 12y ago3. Have comments on a separate page.