My friend Allyson's email:
Dear Sir, or Madam, As I am a Jew, and my mother a Jew, and my father a Jew, as well as my children being Jewish, I do not understand your reasoning for allowing hate sites like Jewwatch, because the word "Jew" is typed in, instead of the word Jewish. You are saying that the word "Jew" is like the word "Nigger", which it is not. For instance, I can say, "I am proud to be a Jew" which does not connote a negative stereotype. What you are saying in order to get out of this debacle simply is unacceptable. I do not care how many antisemites click on to Jewwatch, the reason they are doing so is that is available, and during this time in our history being antisemitic is "de rigeur" Just because the world want to know this type of useless, hateful information, makes you complacent in the continuation of hatemongering and attacks against Jews. I will continue to pursue this matter, and will show your poor and lame excuse to members of the press. I think it is a fine example of hog wash, and hatred. Thank you for your very entertaining response, A. R. T., a Jew and Proud.
From: mew@mideastweb.org
Dear Google and A.A.
As far as I know, Google's claim that it doesn't tamper with its algorithm is not correct and does not apparently correspond to the facts. Quoted in Opinion Journal:
"Until February 2003, a user searching for a guide to the English city of Chester
would have been presented with "Chester's guide to molesting young girls" as the second entry. After officials from Chester complained, Google removed the site.' So Google is apparently not telling the truth about the inviolability of its algorithm. Child Molesting is a reason to tamper with the algorithm, but Nazism is not, accordig to them.
Google rankings are based in part on popularity of Web sites linked to a particular site and the number of links to that site and their nature.
The algorithm is explained here apparently -
http://www.math.upenn.edu/%7Ewilf/website/KendallWei.pdf
The reason that Jewwatch is ranked so high is probably that other Web sites that use the word "Jew" a lot and perhaps have the word "Jew" in the link text
link to Jewwatch. Of course these are all anti-Semitic sites.
As far as I know, Google's claim that it doesn't tamper with its algorithm is not correct and does not apparently correspond to the facts. No success was really achieved, because in a very brief time Jewwatch or bible believers or another hateful site will return to top rank.
The real question is why Google adheres to a meaningless algorithm that gives a different rating for Jew and Jews, and probably for Dog and Dogs, because it can't recognize plural or adjectivees. Of course, it is complex to make such an algorithm (Cat and Catty are not the same) but if it the algorithm is wrong, the results should be adjusted.
A. I. |
Please respond to this. When typing the word Jew in Google search engine one of the vilest anti-Semitic sites appears in the number one slot ? it is called Jew Watch. This is absolutely unacceptable and as of now I no longer use Google - Yahoo! works just as well.
There is a petition going around which I hoped you signed.
Please write a note and send it 4 separate times (copy & paste) to the 4 email addresses below; it makes a stronger impact and companies will read individual emails as opposed to getting an email with all 4 departments on it because they think of it as general info and usually ignore them or delete them.
Jeff