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Re: Google.com partially dangerous

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I was very tempted to click on those Google group links, but I didn't have the balls.

Stangeley, 7b726aeb-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com is considered "Not dangerous". see: https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/safebrowsing/diagn...

Yeah, I clicked on a bunch of "dangerous websites" linking to/from different sites, and all of them were rated "Not dangerous".

Re: Google.com partially dangerous

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> Attackers on this site might try to trick you to download software or steal your information Thats an awful description of googles business model, but partly true...

Well I tried to download chrome yesterday, and you STILL get www.downloadchromenow.com and other spam site adverts at the top of the results, which absolutely serve malware/spyware Until they sort out their ads it's true, it is a dangerous site

Same as peer comments, this does not occur for me on any of my google accounts nor on an anonymous search. I think you may have adware.

Re: Google.com partially dangerous

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I really really dislike this. Why does google get to decide which websites are good and which are not. Unless someone subscribes to this service google should do what it does best, search. One day they decide everyone should be mobile friendly, the next day they decide which sites are bad and which are not, what more? Every single day, google is giving me more reason to use alternative search engines.

You're basically complaining that someone has information, or an agenda, or even a mere opinion, and has published it.

I don't think oolongCat is complaining about the existence of an opinion; it's what they do with it that counts. In the case of search, they demote you. In Chrome, they very nearly block access to your site. If a site really is dangerous, fair enough, but imagine being a false positive and not having much recourse!

Re: Google.com partially dangerous

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well I tried to download chrome yesterday, and you STILL get www.downloadchromenow.com and other spam site adverts at the top of the results, which absolutely serve malware/spyware Until they sort out their ads it's true, it is a dangerous site

On Google? If I enter "Chrome download" there, I get Google's own page as top result. However if you were to do the same with Bing (such as you probably would if you used Microsoft's browser downloader (Internet Explorer), which has Bing as default) you get the typical spam adverts at the top.

I tried a bunch of searches, it seemed like both sites had their chrome links cleaned up. (or google bought all the bing adspace)

Bings pretopresult ad for firefox is still malware. Microsoft should be liable for this - http://imgur.com/b2VuRMP.jpg

Re: Google.com partially dangerous

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

On Google? If I enter "Chrome download" there, I get Google's own page as top result. However if you were to do the same with Bing (such as you probably would if you used Microsoft's browser downloader (Internet Explorer), which has Bing as default) you get the typical spam adverts at the top.

I tried a bunch of searches, it seemed like both sites had their chrome links cleaned up. (or google bought all the bing adspace) Bings pretopresult ad for firefox is still malware. Microsoft should be liable for this - http://imgur.com/b2VuRMP.jpg

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