June 17th 2009 06:11 am
AN OPEN LETTER TO GOOGLE.COM’S MATT CUTTS
This is an open letter to Google’s Search Quality big cheese. Matt Cutts is the go-to guy when you want to crack down on all things spammy.
Dear Mr. Cutts,
I am the owner and author of a site called WoW Gold Facts that reviews sellers of virtual currency, specifically World of Warcraft gold. I put up this site to help all gold buyers find out which sites offer the best deals and service, as well as advise them where NOT to go.
Since launching WoW Gold Facts, or WGF, more than a year ago, I’ve reviewed more gold sellers than you can shake a stick at. While a number of sites have earned my thumbs up, the majority of the reviews have been disappointing, to say the least. From non-deliveries to terrible customer service, I have experienced them all. But nothing is more appalling in my books than downright fraud, deceit and rabid spam – false advertisement, bait-and-switch tactics, email and in-game spam.
And now click fraud.
You might be already aware of the first click fraud lawsuit that Microsoft has filed against the owners of WoWMine.com , the very first gold seller I reviewed for my site. It was a WGF reader that brought it to my attention via the comment section by sharing the link to a Seattle Times page bearing the news about the lawsuit . While I was somewhat taken aback, it came as no real shock to me given the propensity of the defendants to mislead customers in every possible way. If you take the time to read my previous posts on this company, you will see the many examples of their shenanigans, starting with this review . If you want more information, please visit this page and you will see its many gold-selling incarnations.
Why am I pointing this out to you? Mr. Cutts, if you’re really serious about eliminating spam and in effect; fraud, you should remove WoWMine.com and its network of sites from the Google index before someone gets cheated again. Last I checked they’re still on page 1 on Google for ‘wow gold”. Take them out of Google’s search results, where scammers and spammers certainly DO NOT belong.
Sincerely,
Extreme Gold Fan
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3 Comments »
meatwad on 17 Jun 2009 at 11:36 am #
I wonder how much wowmine pays Google to put their link on page 1 of their search results…
Lestat de Lioncourt on 18 Jun 2009 at 11:34 am #
I think it’s about time that they should also ban Lam’s sites from Google and Yahoo. They are pretty much annoying TBH.
gamehealer on 19 Jun 2009 at 3:32 am #
Google must show that they are not being paid by WoWMine. oh my google.