I keep seeing people say that Google is censoring all voat.co/v/pizzagate searches when in reality they are censoring the SINGLE link that was in the DCMA take down list or URLs, which is for https://voat.co/v/pizzagate and that is the link that is being hidden. It is not censoring other links from voat for pizzagate.
My bot is working just fine for finding new and old posts and when I searched pizzagate just now, voat is the third result - http://i.imgur.com/gWpE5vc.png
At the bottom you see it censored 1 result
http://i.imgur.com/FMEtA3C.png
That result is the https://voat.co/v/pizzagate link
I just want to make sure that disinfo isn't being spread based on a misunderstanding and please question those trying to enact large changes based on this misunderstanding, like moving to change the general name of the investigation to #SaveTheKids or whatever. It is IMO not needed and counter-intuitive at this point in the investigation.
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bopper ago
You're right, I just now got the same result as you ... hours ago though the pig guy troll was number one when I googled pizzagate, then it disappeared.
Branding is important, if you change from pizzagate you will lose months of branding equity, not smart.
throwaway89209834 ago
Engine search results go up and down due to a bunch of variables, but there is also what is called SEO and there are black hat SEO and white hat SEO methods.
http://searchengineland.com/guide/what-is-seo
So, disinfo agents will use SEO to bring other results further up on the list to bury a result they want hidden. This has nothing to do with DCMA censorship.
Just a FYI of what you could of seen happening.
bopper ago
I understand SEO pretty well, thanks. It's almost as if google had to be in on it (which might be a stretch), but I don't know. It was a pretty fast climb to the top. I understand blackhat. And the good guys still lose sadly.