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Well today being 1 month after our website Kooiii.com was wrongfully blocked because we tested and removed a 3rd party advertising code that Google bot didn’t like, they have finally stopped calling us an attack site. Possibly the last two request which told them of the intent to follow through on a slander suit if the site was not restored.

The message our Aussie Partner received from Stop Badware:

Dave,

The reason you weren’t able to find the “Current Activity” section at the link below is that Google stopped reporting badware on your site as of earlier today. The warnings have been removed from Google search listings and other sources that use Google’s data.

Likely the warning was removed in response to your request for a review via Webmaster Tools.

Regards,
Maxim Weinstein, StopBadware

What still begs attention is how a company can gain status by attaching to a loose script that get’s errant reads and makes wrongful accusations against other companies. What they are calling, keeping you safe is actually hurting legitimate webmasters and small business owner. In fact the scammers, frauds, and virus mongers of the world plot routes around their technology as fast as these sites are thrown up so out of the 40,000+ websites they have blocked, there is a high possibility that a large number of those sites are not attack sites at all.

Even when they do get a legitimate hit, it is often a webmaster who had their website hacked by a piece of Internet scum and now the website owners are labeled with attack site and thought of as badware agents because a crime was committed against them.

Who gives these people a right to operate or regulates them on accuracy? Google, Mozzilla, MySpace, Pay-Pal, and the 3-5 other sponsors and partners of Stop Badware, are just companies, not government entities and yet they have assumed that they have a right to filter and police the web and choose what and how you see things on the Internet. They do so using a software agent that makes serious mistakes and flat out slanders good people and legitimate businesses.

Your thoughts are appreciated,

Andy Anderson

Velocity Marketer/ MyViral Blog

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