http://www.filleritemfinder.com/ is the first hit for "filler item" on google right now.
A search for hacker news results in a page full of affiliate links, just as the example you gave above. Only difference is that they didn't re-write the URL.
filleritemfinder.com has no robots.txt that I was able to pull up.
So, filleritem.com, a google customer, was blocked, but filleritemfinder.com, doing the same thing, is the number one result.
Further, shouldn't this kind of advice be given to people who appeal being excluded from the index? Or should we all post to Hacker News when it happens to us so that you can come explain directly?
I think %50 of the problem is the arbitrary picking of sites to block (and it's not working, btw[1]) and %50 of it is that google seems uninterested in explaining or advising people when it happens to them.
[1] Been buying gear for a project lately, and so doing a lot of google searches in the form of product-model-number review or product-name review. Overwhelmed with spam sites, and mindless human generated spam sites like dpreview.com, etc.
A search for hacker news results in a page full of affiliate links, just as the example you gave above. Only difference is that they didn't re-write the URL.
filleritemfinder.com has no robots.txt that I was able to pull up.
So, filleritem.com, a google customer, was blocked, but filleritemfinder.com, doing the same thing, is the number one result.
Further, shouldn't this kind of advice be given to people who appeal being excluded from the index? Or should we all post to Hacker News when it happens to us so that you can come explain directly?
I think %50 of the problem is the arbitrary picking of sites to block (and it's not working, btw[1]) and %50 of it is that google seems uninterested in explaining or advising people when it happens to them.
[1] Been buying gear for a project lately, and so doing a lot of google searches in the form of product-model-number review or product-name review. Overwhelmed with spam sites, and mindless human generated spam sites like dpreview.com, etc.