Everyday, I get traffic coming to this blog and WeWobo.com through search engines with phrases like “cost of force factor” or “colnx”. I have even received emails directed to me from angry readers about how ColnX refuses to give refund back regardless of how many times the customer called or emailed. Sometimes I get frustrated thinking about all these great Internet companies who claim that they care so much about our online experience, but yet refuse to do something about Internet scams.
Google is number one on my list for the reason that they are probably responsible for most of the traffic sent to those scam sites. But Yahoo isn’t off the hook either. You see, most of the people who use Yahoo as their search engine aren’t always “tech savvy”. They don’t have any clue on how the Internet operates or how to verify the authenticity of a web product. And scam sites feed off of them.
Imagine if Google allows you to vote for a scam product/website by putting a little “vote for scam” button next to their search results: every time someone is scammed, they can Google the product name, and with one click of the mouse, they can share with the world that the website isn’t being honest with their customers — kind of like a Wikipedia community, except it doesn’t need much details. You are either a scam or you are not — there usually isn’t much middle ground.
IMO, Bing is wasting a perfectly good opportunity not coming up with an Internet Scam Stopper(ISS). How good would Microsoft look if they announce something like that?
Look, we are not just another search engine. If you use us, we reduce your chance of being scammed online. In fact, the more people use us, the better our ISS works. So forget Google and start bringing your friends over!
As for those websites who agree to run ads from these scumbags: shame on you!
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