Embarrassing? Your Web Comments Could End Up in a Google Search
- Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:26am by
Liz Klimas
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Many websites engage their followers by allowing comments, which can be run through third parties like Facebook Comments, Disqus and Intense Debate, according to Digital Inspiration. These comments previously may have been relatively unnoticed except for maybe by the commenting community and the comment moderator. Not anymore. Now they’re being picked up in Google searches.
As Digital Inspiration points out, this means that these sites could get a sort of “SEO boost” from their comments. SEO stands for search engine optimization, which is usually a set of terms that helps improve the visibility of a website in a search.
But as I’m sure you can image, and as Gawker points out, this also opens the door for embarrassing and even mean comments on the Internet to arise in someone’s Google search.
The comment Digital Inspiration uses, although not embarrassing, does illustrate how this could happen. See below for the commenter’s opinion voiced via Facebook Comments on TechCrunch and then how it was found in a Google search.
Why is this happening? According to Digital Inspiration, these comments are usually not picked up by search engines because they’re in JavaScript within an iframe code, but “Googlebots” now seem to be scanning this content too.
If you haven’t made any uncouth comments using comment boxes like this, you should have nothing to worry about. But if you have…























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Comments (110)
mikee1
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 5:42amBig GOV. at work. But they really want is to get rid of YOUR WEB COMMENTS. They do not want you to have FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Even CONSERVATIVE TALKERS, LIKE RUSH AND MARK LEVINE, CANNOT SAY SOMETHINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY. PC and legal restraints even extend to them. BUT HERE YOU GET A LOT OF RAW TRUTH. THE ENEMY OF BIG GOV. IS THE TRUTH. It is going to burn them down BIG TIME. It is just not certain WHEN.
Report Post »bharris0
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 5:25amIt would not surprise me if this was Obama’s idea. Socialist like to build lists of their perceived threats.
Report Post »Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 6:26amPlease put me on the list because I’m a:
Report Post »Ron Paul Supporter
Tea Party Supporter
Hard Core Capitalist
Vietnam Veteran
Gun Owner
Believe in Property Rights
Vote Republican
Repeal Obamacare
Close US Borders
Don’t Spread My wealth Around
junkmaninohio
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 7:01amObama’s ATTACKWATCH.COM web site is looking at all the negative comments being made about him and his corrupt administration. I hope he reads this post too.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:48amThis actually happened to me on The Blaze. no joke.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:01am@ozchambers
http://tinyurl.com/3gvh5nw
Has? Or is?
Report Post »If you’re using the same handle on youtube and video gaming then I found those too. Anyone can cache web pages and make them searchable. If people don’t want to be traced then stop using/posting personal information and stop using easily searched screen names.
V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:46amThey’ve already been doing this.
I google Sinista Mace or V-man Mace and all sorts of my comments pop up.
NSA surveillance/prediction software.
Report Post »Classical Liberal
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:43pmVman/sinista is right. I saw this happen months ago and didn’t think much of it at the time but in reality, this fairly serious.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:00pmozchambers, yes, every comment posted on the Blaze is in the search engine. It was funny to see what QPWILLIE looks like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v30DJgKwS3w
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 4:56pmRight now I’m looking at an ad for “Cleveland Bartending School” just because the stupid Blaze.com and Google knows I’m in Cleveland based on my IP address.
Straight up intrusion. Luckily, I have this old HTML textbook that the Feds tried to burn and was subsequently recovered for me by a friend who works in garbage disposal.
Eventually, I’m going to nullify their entire datamining operation for myself.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 6:31pm[Right now I’m looking at an ad for “Cleveland Bartending School”]
What ads? (Firefox w/Adblock Plus)
[Luckily, I have this old HTML textbook that the Feds tried to burn and was subsequently recovered for me by a friend who works in garbage disposal.]
Report Post »I think you’re off your rocker.
Ruler4You
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:54pmFYI there is nothing in technology that isn‘t a ’list’. Everything, from the first input to the last output, all of it, can be considered a list. And each and every input (keystroke) can (and may well be) recorded, some where for some period of time. Government wanted a massive data base of “citizen” stuff, well, now it has one. And all of it has been voluntarily entered.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 9:57amPontiac
I think you’re just a troll.
So what, you have Firefox. Do you feel superior?
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:20am[So what, you have Firefox. Do you feel superior?]
Using a superior browser over the incomplete broken garbage that comes on windows is taking some effort at bettering yourself.
[I think you’re just a troll.]
Report Post »Because your friend saving a textbook (from the “fed”) of information readily available online is something to be ecstatic about.
suz
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 4:32amdon’t google.
bing.
Report Post »HumbleCitizen
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 6:12amDon’t bing, use https://www.ixquick.com. They don’t collect information about you.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 7:07amhumblecitizen, you beat me to it. I use ixquick.web, too.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:05amDon’t google? What good would that do? If you’re are posting information that is tied to your name, it will still be cached by someone, and made searchable by someone. If you don’t want it getting out, stay anonymous or DON’T POST IT! It doesn’t matter if you use google or not, it’s still crawling the web for information and storing it. That is how all search engines work!
Report Post »hologram5
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:53am@humblecitizen:
Report Post »That engine is used by http://www.startpage.com which does NOT store ANY of your information. Great page to open up for first browse.
CRAPGIVER
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 5:21pmDon’t google nor bing use scroogle scraper same as scroogle.Org,wont detain cookies
Report Post »Survivor101
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:57amRomney supported by a hardcore democrat? Please disseminate this link to the farthest reaches for my fellow Teapublicans. This endorsement is EXACTLY why he needs to be eliminated from contention….
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok3RbELcEUs&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
afishfarted
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 3:43amHey GOOGLE. up yours
Report Post »Hey big sis: ditto
afishfarted
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 3:49am***what’s that ominous knocking at my door?***
pert near sounds like Edgar Allen Poe.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:03pmIf that one Democrat supporting Willard Romney is upsetting to you, then don’t google “Democrats for Mitt Romney”
Report Post »BCPATIOT
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:36amI can honestly say there has never been a person that does’nt know where I stand. I’m opionated. THe bane of my existance. It’s caused problems w/ a dysfunctional family-but frankly at 52yrs. old I think I can handle it. And I’m sure the gubb-nent has me on a list somewhere. :)
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 3:31amI am like that. I could care less who knows who I really am. I hate this Government and what they have done to the American sheeple. I don’t care who knows it either. I proudly hope I rise to the top of any google list with a raised finger to all ********. At least I am real and nonest about it, unlike most Cpnservatives that still practice political correctness and comapssionate Conservatism…Two of the stupidest things anyone can engage in. This nation needs a swift kick in the ass and I hope my comments are taken that way and rise to the top of all search engines. Time for nicey BS is over.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 5:59amMorning, “Guys” (DustyLuv included)~~~ I’m in the same boat with you two: opinionated and RIGHT imho.
; ) When GOD said, “Diplomat” or “political correctness”, HE did not call my name. I know this is a great surprise to all who post here…. NOT!
By the way, look at Isaiah 41 and Psalm 83 today. They give REAL HOPE.
GOD BLESS AND PROTECT, BLAZERS, IN JESUS’ NAME, amen.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:47amShow me someone who doesn‘t have an opinion and I’ll show you someone who isn’t thinking.
Report Post »WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:48amDon‘t use your real name when trolling teh interwebs and you’ll be just fine.
Report Post »theninthplanet
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:14amI always figured that the trolls were smart enough to realize that they have the interwebz to mask their true identity, but if you’re suggesting that some people are too stupid to mask their identity / actually post what they think… Well, I may have just lost faith in humanity.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 3:36amWhy would you not want people to know what you think? I for one gladly post scathing remarks hoping to piss the PC crowd off. I could care less who knows it either. It’s who I am. If people don’t like it, they can take it up with me anytime. Get real and stop hiding. Uness you are a sissy. Which by your post, you are IMHO. Be rreal, be open be honest and stop hiding in your momma’s basement.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 3:56amDustyluv
Report Post »Unless Dustyluv is your real name, you’re exactly as open and honest as the rest of us.
Dustyluv
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 7:03amPeople can find my real name and real address easily enough if they want it. My name is easily found with a few searches and clicks. They will be very interested to find I am a CHL owner, a member of the NRA, and have served in places few men would go. That is if they can hack Government computers. If they want me that bad, I also know where I am going if they can kill me. Do you?
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:15pmDustyluv
Report Post »Yeah, I know where you’re going if they kill you.
scout n ambush
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:25amI wonder does it save liberal posts too from here you know the ones who aggitate or provoke
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:23amMe thinks the Blaze is a bit behind times- I‘ve been able to google my name and find comments I’ve made from five years ago (when I started commenting on sites). Nothing new and the same advice applies: If you don’t want to own it, don’t say it. Simple is as simple does.
Report Post »Now that I’ve put in the disclaimer…
That Turd we have in the White House is the biggest POS ever in any government this side of hell.
demint.disciple
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:29amWas going to say the same thing… DUH !!! right ?
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 3:38amI Googled turd in the White House. Your name came up on the 2,514 th search page. You really need to do better. People are beating you with that phrase…hehehe
Report Post »Cat
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 6:00amWolf
Report Post »You’re correct
Check out sidebands too
You’ll be amazed
kryptonite
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 6:46amHow about, commie turd in the White House?
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:18amYes i have found some of my comments during a google search oops yes i was surprised but have known that google was paid for by the cia when it was in the creation stage.
Report Post »investlite
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 5:05amWasn’t google a high school kids project for one of his classes? I don’t think the CIA had anything to do with the birth of google. but I believe they have a lot to do with it now.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:17amNewsvine has been putting mine on there for a while, long before I joined the Blaze. It was actually before the Blaze got started. I have never cared bc I don‘t say things I don’t want anyone to hear bc I do my best to back up what I say with truth or honest from the heart opinions. Everyone should think wisely before they comment on the internet. I know many like to joke, as do I, but try to use your words wisely to stay safe, bc freedom of speech can have it‘s boundaries in today’s society, like it or not….that is if you are only slightly conservative or Christian.
Report Post »Now……eat your heart out google readers…we are the voices of the people.
BurntHills
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:10amgood.
”thank God we never voted for that vile cokehead communist, this all-American family is not going to burn in Hell for being obama collaborators. ”
Report Post »WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges03
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:17amHaaa-HAAAAAh! to TheBlaze censorship!
Report Post »Try your POLITICAL CORRECTNESS as you may. Our non-redacted postings … WILL LIVE ON !!!
:D
Robert-CA
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:02amYep that‘s true but I don’t care , let everyone know that I’m a conservative .
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:05amI’m with you…what are they gonna find…my pogo friends…I already figured anything goes on this computer.
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:02amThis, indeed, is already true.
Report Post »For several years now, II have seen blog comments show up in google searches.
Tronix
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:59amThat’s fine with me. First, they will be looking for my dog, since all my profiles are his profiles. There is not one single picture of me, or my family, he is the star. I’ve never had family or coworkers in my FB profile, because it was never intended for that, just for joking with my real and best friends from my childhood. Third, I’ve never, ever given my personal info in any web site, including Hotmail. Fourth, they will know what my dog thinks (Me), and what he stands for (Me again). Finally and hopefully I’ll be able to be in front of God saying that I’ve always tried to be honest with my opinions, even when my dog was taking the heat with his picture.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 3:41amSo in other words you are a coward with a big dog…
Report Post »Tronix
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 4:21amNo, we all have serious privacy concerns these days, and if you are concern about it you are not brave, you are reckless and a moron. I have those concerns too but I also have an extra motivation to be very careful: Some years ago (7) I was victim of identity theft. It’s not a pleasant experience, so I encourage all readers to take seriously these things. I paid off the loans of the thugs (Lucky it wasn’t too much, just about $1.500, and was easier this way), and it took me some time to put my things in order again. Today, I don’t know where they got all the info about me, and when I say “info”, I mean EVERYTHING; they knew even my family´s names, addresses, ID’s, real state info, etc.
I’m pretty sure Internet wasn’t the source of information, and we all have privacy concerns these days, but please, as a victim, I ask you all to be careful, because there are a lot of different dangers out there in the web. Putting an example on a different issue, don’t share pictures of your children in FB.
Report Post »Tronix
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 4:26amSorry, “…if you are not concerned….”
Report Post »Tronix
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 5:06amPlease read this irony…..
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/opinion/sunday/giving-the-fbi-what-it-wants.html?_r=1
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 6:59amI stand by my statement. But with a modifier. You hide behind mommy too.
Report Post »Tronix
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 7:27amlol….thank you.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:59amOf courese, you like to think your IP is in your dog’s name, too. You‘re fooling no one but yourself if you think uncle Turd ’s gestapo don’t know what and who you are.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:55amWhat else is new, just google your screen name and see how many entries come up.
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:52amHey President Barack Hussein Obama..BITE ME!
Report Post »Put THAT on your list,BUCKO!
MrMagoo
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:53amOH NO,I might be added to ATTACKWATCH,..waaaa,waaaa..the horror!
:)
Report Post »DADA
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:51amI will never admit to dressing up in my wife’s undergarments again.
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 3:47amlmao. yup that was excellent
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 6:34amnice!!!! but she probably expects it ,because her panties and bra are to big now.
Report Post »ICRedifURBlue
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:46amI stand behind everything I post………..Try not to Die…………..
Report Post »blaaaaackwoman
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:46amhold on I gots to leave the internet, sanchez is monitoring me with his wifi, he changed his netgear wifi network name so I gots to go a minute.
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:27ampattyp
Report Post »Warm In The Desert
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:44amOf course they do. Bing, Google or use the other 150 or more search engines with your ID and Blaze…you’re there.
So what’s your point?
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:42amCome on Liz,your paranoid?
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:50amPlenty of interesting and well thought out commentary here.
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:40amWaaa,waaaaa,,,I pooped my pants.Is Attorney General Eric (Ricky) Holder gonna sniff me?
Report Post »liberalescheisskopf
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:37amI likes it.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:33amWho cares, at least they will know where you stand!!!!!!
Report Post »Pouncing Porcupine
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:55amThe problem is that potential business associates will know where you stand also. You know the old saying: “Don’t defacate where you masticate”. I spent quite a bit of time deleting everything I had ever posted on facebook pages because when I googled myself, all my political rants were popping right to the top. Not any more. Now when I google myself, all that comes to the top is my website and business info.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:29amIs this article being used as a disclaimer by The Blaze?
Report Post »obamabirthcertificate.net
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:05pmWell this should certainly cut down on defamation and hopefully also on the dreary dumb comments posted here by trolls, at least those using their real names.
Thank you to everyone who has visited the new site! It’s a pleasure to provide those who care about the Constitution, as many here do, with such a well appreciated source of comprehensive information on Obama’s ineligibility.
Report Post »http://www.obamabirthcertificate.net
Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:42pmobamabirthcertificate.net
Report Post »It’s already cut down on dreary dumb comments posted by trolls – your posts are much shorter than they were just a few days ago, and you no longer try to explain your bizarre and erroneous legal theories at length on a board where members of the reality-based community can refute them.
obamabirthcertificate.net
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:18am@ c h
Obama’s birth certificate alleges “where” he was born and his parent’s citizenship “when” he was born. Now these equally vital “facts” can’t be altered or hidden! Unless fake, his Kenyan father inescapably precludes eligibility as a natural born citizen by not being born within US jurisdiction to TWO US citizen parents.
Candidates for President, each having “legal standing” are obligated to sue Obama and the DNC for fraud and failure to qualify as a natural born citizen, or be dismissed as untrustworthy!
Constitution, Art. 2, Sec. 1, “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible … .”
Exempting a “citizen” from being a “natural born citizen” proves they aren’t equal, or no exemption was needed. Being not less than nor equal, a NBC must be more than the minimum requisite for citizenship then, which was US birth to a US citizen parent. Only US birth to US citizen parents (plural) is greater, thus defining a natural born citizen.
The Supreme Court agreed in Minor v. Happersett, 1874. “The Court held that Minor was a member of the “class” of persons who were natural born citizens. They defined this class as those born in the US to “parents” (plural) who were citizens.” Leo Donofrio, JD.
http://www.ObamaBirthCertificate.net
Report Post »obamabirthcertificate.net
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:19am@ c h
Obama’s birth certificate contains many anomalies justifying further investigation by law enforcement, as does his social security number. Both are alleged to be fraudulent by numerous experts. However even if the alleged fraud had gone unnoticed and it’s assumed he was born in HI, Obama is still not Constitutionally eligible.
Article 2, Section 1, requires the President to be a natural born citizen. This involves two equally important prerequisites. The first is being born in the USA or sovereign US jurisdiction. The second is being born to US citizen parents (plural). Both prerequisites must be satisfied. Obama absolutely failed to meet one prerequisite at birth and maybe both! He does not have TWO US citizen parents. Therefore he is not eligible.
You will find well researched and properly referenced explanations of both prerequisites at http://www.obamabirthcertificate.net along with links to the source material, should you wish to confirm the content in the context of correct history. As for the fraud, links to archived reports detailing the anomalies are also provided.
Patriots love the truth! But be forewarned, others avoid or avidly disavow it. Unfortunately self imposed ignorance seldom dissuades deceitful political pontificating, no matter how subversive.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:41amFar from being well researched and properly referenced, the nonsense on your website is just a mass of circular reasoning that never addresses the essential questions. On what law, court decision or other authoritative source do you base the belief that natural born citizen is not synonymous with citizen by birth? What authority has ever endorsed the belief that the term natural born citizen excludes citizens other than naturalized citizens born in other countries? What law court decision or other authoritative source after 1898 when the Supreme Court addressed the issue of citizenship by birth has ever held that anyone born in this country is not a natural born citizen? What source do you have for the belief that being the child of two citizens is a requirement for establishing natural born citizenship other than your deliberate misinterpretation of an irrelevant Supreme Court decision that both predates their 1898 ruling, and specifically says that it is not setting a precedent or establishing a complete and exclusive definition of natural born citizenship?
Report Post »obamabirthcertificate.net
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 2:55am@ch
You poor little lost troll, you just want to be special don’t you? What you need is a motto! This one suits you. “The Constitution, don’t examine it too closely.” Here’s another. “This is my word, and as such is beyond contestation.” Get a clue troll. Noooooobody cares about your habitually lying immature opinion.
Some people avoid or avidly disavow the truth. Unfortunately self imposed ignorance seldom dissuades deceitful political pontificating, no matter how subversive. Apparently you’re their poster child.
You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting. In what world could you possibly justify such deceit? Begone, foul Obot. Your very name screams ignorance and treason.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 4:24amI want people to examine the Constitution, that’s the only way they will know that nothing in it supports your claims about what it means. You should get a motto of your own, like “The Constitution, I’ll tell you what it should say,” or “This is my word, petition your local sheriff to enforce it instead of the actual law.”
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