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jelv · 08-05-2008, 18:18

I've been thinking more about the robots.txt situation.

To stop Phorm pimping the information on our sites when visited by a user on a Webwise ISP I have to stop Google indexing my site. Phorm know damn well that the majority of people want their site indexed by Google and are quite cynically using that as a way of forcing us to allow them to profile our site.

There's a term for that: BLACKMAIL - They are trying to force us in to a particular course of action for their own financial gain.

I wonder if we could get the police to investigate that crime?

08-05-2008, 18:18	#6117
jelv Inactive Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 128	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] I've been thinking more about the robots.txt situation. To stop Phorm pimping the information on our sites when visited by a user on a Webwise ISP I have to stop Google indexing my site. Phorm know damn well that the majority of people want their site indexed by Google and are quite cynically using that as a way of forcing us to allow them to profile our site. There's a term for that: BLACKMAIL - They are trying to force us in to a particular course of action for their own financial gain. I wonder if we could get the police to investigate that crime?