The Cult of Scientology is conducting some kind of Google bombing to get earthlink.net, their ISP, to show up on all kinds of religious searches. Sometimes it even comes up as the first link! I've noticed it on other things, too, including genealogy-related terms. Sometimes Google even shows seemingly relevant metadata for the search, even though the link is just to earthlink.net.
Really annoying.
I have reported this to Google sometimes on particularly egregious searches, and I've noticed they've started slipping back to the third page or so sometimes. earthlink.net still just shouldn't even show up in a search for Bear Valley Bible Institute.
Disclaimer: earthlink.net is a wholly owned and operated subsidiary of the Cult of Scientology, incorporated. It is a trademark, a copyrighted work, and a protected trade secret. All rights reserved. Used without permission. Anyone found using the term earthlink.net will be sued for defamation of character.
Re:Wholly owned...
jdavidb on 2003-04-25T19:04:11
Well, I went a bit overboard with the "wholly owned subsidiary" comment, but Earthlink is owned by Scientology. And if you doubt me, try some random religious searches on Google and question why Earthlink keeps coming up.
Here's some information (Oh, and if you want a little less unbiased view.) The first link maintains a healthy skepticism, but how else do you explain earthlink showing up on my searches?
The fact that earthlink is "scientology's ISP" is fairly well known in the slashdot crowd and related communities.
Re:Wholly owned...
jdavidboyd on 2003-04-25T20:45:15
I'd never heard that. I'll ask around and see if anyone around here knows it.
I'll make sure everyone knows it now...
Or has it already been done?
Re:New Weird Al song?
jdavidb on 2003-04-28T16:58:01
Unfortunately Weird Al won't take song suggestions due to IP liability concerns. So now that you've mentioned it
... he can never do it! :)
