check out this post on www.searchengineoptimizationmarketingnow.com looks like ask.com thinks we are china. Who the hell are they to restrict our searches.. and just when I was starting to like ask they go and do this crap. Where is the excersice of our fisrst amendment.
Ask.com is a private company, you have no first amendment on their hardware. Just like you can't demand to be able to give speeches from my front yard. it doesn't apply.
I agree. First amendment does not apply. You ability to say "pedophile" is not impeded by not being able to search for it there. There's a difference between the right to free speech and the right to be heard (or in this case, appear in Ask's database).
I think a good analogy might be moderating a forum. If your forum does not allow people to say the word "Hell", and someone uses that term, you ban them. I'm pretty sure any search engine can "ban" certain search terms. After all, it's their site. And, why not? They don't want perverts searching for "pedophilia". I happen to agree. Start your own search engine if you don't like it. And here's the best part, you can limit search terms to only "controversial" terms.....hmmmm, I might be onto some freaky niche there. -boxer126
This is an interesting find - at one instance, I see why Ask.com restricts specific search queries, but at another I see why it could be bad for the end-user and innocent internet researcher.
That is the stupidest article I have ever read. Im quite happy to see such search phrases banned from all search engines because websites targeting those phrases are primarily to deliver just that illegal and disgusting content. If you arent happy about those phrases being banned, find another search engine, you have no rights to tell them what they can or cannot include in their listings.
0 results found for portugeuse man o war' Did you mean 'portugeuse breakfast'? (still not sure what it is, despite 2 deuce bigalow movies)
Uhhh let me seee uhhh.... In the USA constitution... but that amendament only give you the right to be free. Being free, also mean to be able to reject something/somebody ..(like a job , option ,person) ... Ask.com is a free company , so they got the right to choose theyre destiny... if you ask this question , i can ask you "hey why you don't care about Pamela, the 300lbs girl?! "
Yes they have the right. google can do the same thing but in the spirit of free speach I dont think google would ever restrict a search term because they believe in the freedom for a user to research what they want. google just went through a huge ordeal with china because china wanted to omit certain results.. see searchengineoptimizationmarketingnow.com for the post on tienamin square. communist countries are ommiting search engines results its very strange that a company in the US does that. which brings us closer to NOT having freedom. This country was founded on simply FREEDOM not just from religious percecution but from the idea of its counterpart (slavery) We have a democracy but do the people really have control? look at our electoral college..even if a candidate has teh populare vote doesnt mean he is the president. What the heck is that about? Thats not right. Recent bills have been past and decisions have been made without the approval of the senate and more importatnly the people. Checks and balances are not in place anymore and we are headed in a direction I just feel uncomfortable with. its like we are obeying the government when the government should be obyeing us!!!! Ask.com is a perfect example.... If I want to find out how to "fight child abuse" or "stop pedophilia" then I should be able to do so. what if other search engines started doing this? how would you all feel then? would you all say that because its their front lawn then they have the right to do that? i know I would be livid!!! now.. lets start a lynch mob and go burn ask.com at the stake for being communist!!! who's with me!!! lol
Very intelligent move by ask.com I think. And why not, if they do want to brand themself as child safe, they have every right to do it and infact I think it'll make a lot of parents happy too....
Ask can do what they want just like you can do what you want on your blog/site. Assuming you don't break any laws i.e.
Well I think enough people posted about this subject that it scared ask.com http://www.searchengineoptimizationmarketingnow.com/?p=42 blogs all over the world started writing about this. Check out the blog to get more info on it. http://www.searchengineoptimizationmarketingnow.com/?p=42 I'm curious to hear what you guys think cause I know some of you were happy ask.com banned those phrases to begin w/. Me, I was not.