tmatk
Explorer
I doubt that's the case here, arcane power is just too new.
Search Google for "[any dnd book except AP] torrent" and you will find it.
Hasbro bought Google?
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I doubt that's the case here, arcane power is just too new.
Search Google for "[any dnd book except AP] torrent" and you will find it.
El Mahdi
Muad'Dib of the Anauroch
Keefe the Thief
Hero
You want to read this: Page Rank.
tl;dr version: it has nothing to do with hits.
To the OP: well done - your continued support means much to random .pdf pirates on the internet. Its a perfect symbiotic relationship: you shake your fist, they distribute illegal copies of games from an ever-shrinking market.
Both sides win... apparently... somehow... ah... well...
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Dragon Snack
First Post
I suggest you Google "google censorship" (which, oddly enough, isn't censored)...
baphomet68
First Post
I agree w/ Op: Google has been tainted
Seemed to me that my fave search engine got wonky after day 4 of AP's release; and no, they weretnt pulling the torrent sites off the list, they were burying them 10 pages down. I switched to a few not-google engines, and bango! suddenly, with the same search string, I am getting listings on page 1 and 2. I know that conspiracy baiting is a popular sport, but dismissing this is wishful thinking.
Seemed to me that my fave search engine got wonky after day 4 of AP's release; and no, they weretnt pulling the torrent sites off the list, they were burying them 10 pages down. I switched to a few not-google engines, and bango! suddenly, with the same search string, I am getting listings on page 1 and 2. I know that conspiracy baiting is a popular sport, but dismissing this is wishful thinking.
jaerdaph
#UkraineStrong
Ok, here's how Google works:
The more websites in Google's directory link to a page with the search term, the higher the page is on the results, as soon as a page is linked to by a page in the Google directory it gets added to the Google directory
The PDF pulling has causes ALOT of message boards to flood with posts on the issue, ENWorld's message board system for example causes an overage of links, with each post producing 2 links to the thread in question exponentially increasing it's ranking
Combine this with the tight-lipping on RPG-pirating sites due to the recent lawsuits and you create a vaccum effect where the legitimate sites are disporportionately represented in Google's directory
So assuming that WotC/Hasbro bought "off" Google just by the results pages changing is a very hasty suppossition and ultimately insulting to Google's business ethics
On another note, can we change the thread title to "Hasbro bought off Google?" because I opened the thread thinking it was discussing a real business transaction, I mean anything's possible, Oracle bought Sun recently too and that caught alot of people off guard
The more websites in Google's directory link to a page with the search term, the higher the page is on the results, as soon as a page is linked to by a page in the Google directory it gets added to the Google directory
The PDF pulling has causes ALOT of message boards to flood with posts on the issue, ENWorld's message board system for example causes an overage of links, with each post producing 2 links to the thread in question exponentially increasing it's ranking
Combine this with the tight-lipping on RPG-pirating sites due to the recent lawsuits and you create a vaccum effect where the legitimate sites are disporportionately represented in Google's directory
So assuming that WotC/Hasbro bought "off" Google just by the results pages changing is a very hasty suppossition and ultimately insulting to Google's business ethics
On another note, can we change the thread title to "Hasbro bought off Google?" because I opened the thread thinking it was discussing a real business transaction, I mean anything's possible, Oracle bought Sun recently too and that caught alot of people off guard
Hellzon
First Post
Wouldn't it be more realistic the other way around? Google is already making a search engine, a blog portal, an email service, a browser and loads of other stuff. An RPG seems like the next logical step.
/Hellzon - not very serious
Hairfoot
First Post
Hasbro couldn't buy Google even if it sold itself out to the last asset. However, arguments that Google can't be bought are way off the mark.
The restrictions on political discussion limit comment, but Google has shown no hesitation in censoring itself when the price is right.
The restrictions on political discussion limit comment, but Google has shown no hesitation in censoring itself when the price is right.
CapnZapp
Legend
I'm certainly not thinking Google is less evil than any other corporation (just visit Google China to dispel any such silly notion).
However, that does not make the OPs conspiracy theory less ridiculous.
Paying Google to change their search ranks? That would probably cost Hasbro more than they'd ever make on 4E books!
I think it is far more likely "legit" listings of Arcane Power overshadow pirate listings...
By the way; it falls on you conspiratorialists to prove this wrong. Assuming a conspiracy is true until proven otherwise is not what a sane man should have to do.
However, that does not make the OPs conspiracy theory less ridiculous.
Paying Google to change their search ranks? That would probably cost Hasbro more than they'd ever make on 4E books!
I think it is far more likely "legit" listings of Arcane Power overshadow pirate listings...
By the way; it falls on you conspiratorialists to prove this wrong. Assuming a conspiracy is true until proven otherwise is not what a sane man should have to do.
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