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But if the phone numbers weren't on Google when they had 0 comments, then who would be the first to put down a comment? It is the chicken and egg problem.
by codexon 12y ago
But if the phone numbers weren't on Google when they had 0 comments, then who would be the first to put down a comment?
It is the chicken and egg problem.
- skybrian 12y agoWhat it comes down to is that you can't rely on Google for that, any more than Wikipedia could spam Google with a bunch of blank pages as a strategy to get passers-by to fill them in. People who already know about whocalled.us and use it regularly will have to seed it. (Disclaimer: personal opinion; no actual knowledge.)
- codexon 12y ago1. The pages actually gives you geographical information even if there are no comments. 2. Knowing that you are the first person to complain about a number is also informative. If I google a number that no one has complained about, is it better to return 0 results, or at least some of these phone number websites without any comments? I would argue the latter is better. 3. Is it really appropriate for Google to ban an entire domain like this? They can arbitrarily decide that you can't have pages organized in a particular manner and have your whole domain banned?
- whocalledus 12y agoExactly. But if you search a telephone number you should be given new information, not an empty page for you to fill out. Otherwise we end up with the situation we have now, where there's endless empty pages in the search results.