ZonDa
Feb 7 2006, 08:55 AM
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Top German carmaker BMW doesn't exist any more -- that is, if you search for it using Google as almost everyone does.
Google has stripped BMW from its listings because the company was manipulating the search engine's results. A Google spokeswoman told the FT: "We cannot tolerate Web sites trying to manipulate search results as we aim to provide users with the relevant and objective search results."
BMW's crime was to use so-called "doorway pages" to redirect users to different pages from that seen by the search engine's automated Web crawlers. BMW said it was surprised because Google hadn't spoken to the carmaker about it, but remained confident that BMW would soon be reinstated.
According to the FT, BMW spokesman Marc Hassinger said that just 0.4 per cent of BMW.de’s traffic came via search engines such as Google, because most people wanting to visit the site either knew or could guess the correct address.
What's worse than being de-googled?
dont really know what good this will do, as if you search for BMW then thousands of websites still come up, just no thte german homepage
You'd have to be an idiot not to type in BMW.com in the first place...
viva-la-gumball
Feb 7 2006, 09:22 AM
dats a shame but bmw already sell enough cars if you have ever been to a car show youll notice most of the time they dont have a stand like merc or the others because they have enough sales and potential buyers anyway
Dweezil
Feb 7 2006, 09:33 AM
BMW International and BMW USA are still the top results for BMW in Google, and if I recall correctly were before. BMW.de was listed after BMW World, BMW Car Club of America, BMW Motorcycles and BMW.co.uk too I think.
QUOTE(viva-la-gumball @ Feb 7 2006, 12:22 PM)
dats a shame but bmw already sell enough cars if you have ever been to a car show youll notice most of the time they dont have a stand like merc or the others because they have enough sales and potential buyers anyway
Great post. Thanks.
NorthPoint
Feb 7 2006, 09:46 AM
QUOTE(viva-la-gumball @ Feb 7 2006, 12:22 PM)
dats a shame but bmw already sell enough cars if you have ever been to a car show youll notice most of the time they dont have a stand like merc or the others because they have enough sales and potential buyers anyway
Uh huh...
Boxster17
Feb 7 2006, 12:07 PM
QUOTE(viva-la-gumball @ Feb 7 2006, 01:22 PM)
dats a shame but bmw already sell enough cars if you have ever been to a car show youll notice most of the time they dont have a stand like merc or the others because they have enough sales and potential buyers anyway
What car shows do you go to?!
Anyways, I don't really see how this will make any difference, as you can just go to the BMW Int'l site and then get to the German site from there.
Frederf
Feb 7 2006, 01:16 PM
Odds are that people who want to go to BMW.de are Germans, who are way smarter than Americans anyway and will just type in BMW.de into their browser... which they coded themselves... in a programming language they wrote... on a computer they built from sand... with their bare hands and maybe a sausage.
Stupid companies everywhere are unscrupulous. But what can you expect from a car company that's basically a big club for realators and laywers.
bing5500
Feb 7 2006, 02:04 PM
QUOTE(viva-la-gumball @ Feb 7 2006, 12:22 PM)
dats a shame but bmw already sell enough cars if you have ever been to a car show youll notice most of the time they dont have a stand like merc or the others because they have enough sales and potential buyers anyway
Your sig & post confirm that you are a douche.
DZ302
Feb 7 2006, 03:23 PM
who searches for a url? what the fuck? "quick, give me the number for 911!"
QUOTE(viva-la-gumball @ Feb 7 2006, 12:22 PM)
dats a shame but bmw already sell enough cars if you have ever been to a car show youll notice most of the time they dont have a stand like merc or the others because they have enough sales and potential buyers anyway
viva-la-gumball
Feb 8 2006, 09:59 AM
you want it english bmw dont need to worry about sad shits on th einternet enogh people buy there cars and by the way to the other reply i got to lots of car shows too many to list so go away and if you need me to dumb it down into single syllables send us a personal message ok
Autovisie
Feb 8 2006, 10:07 AM
QUOTE(viva-la-gumball @ Feb 8 2006, 06:59 PM)
you want it english bmw dont need to worry about sad shits on th einternet enogh people buy there cars and by the way to the other reply i got to lots of car shows too many to list so go away and if you need me to dumb it down into single syllables send us a personal message ok
You call this English? Have you ever heard of punctuation?
viva-la-gumball
Feb 8 2006, 10:13 AM
yes i am but in the famous words of catherine tate AM I BOTHERED
Phix
Feb 8 2006, 10:24 AM
QUOTE(viva-la-gumball @ Feb 8 2006, 12:59 PM)
you want it english bmw dont need to worry about sad shits on th einternet enogh people buy there cars and by the way to the other reply i got to lots of car shows too many to list so go away and if you need me to dumb it down into single syllables send us a personal message ok
Stop. Butchering. The. Language.
If you can't be bothered THEN GET THE FUCK OUT.
Oh, but of course you won't.... you have to now make a reply to this post which is no doubt even more shattered and ineligible trying to insult me and further pointing out that "bmw dont need to worry about sad shits" cause they sell a lot of cars and have no need for stands at Auto Shows.
Ugh.
Autovisie
Feb 8 2006, 10:30 AM
Even 10 year old Dutch kids have a better understanding of the English language than you have, viva-la-gumball.
DZ302
Feb 8 2006, 12:19 PM
QUOTE(viva-la-gumball @ Feb 8 2006, 09:59 AM)
you want it english bmw dont need to worry about sad shits on th einternet enogh people buy there cars and by the way to the other reply i got to lots of car shows too many to list so go away and if you need me to dumb it down into single syllables send us a personal message ok
your first post was actually easier to understand
viva-la-gumball
Feb 10 2006, 09:14 AM
For starters apologies: im sorry to anyone that has been offended by anything written by my account
im sorry for the punctuation used in remarks under my account
but it wasnt actually me Matt who has been writing them, i have been on hols for the last week and my best mate who was looking after stuff used my account. He is incredibly dumb and doesn't even know that much about cars. I do agree with his first remark about BMW but thats about it and if you don't believe this check the punctuation.
Dweezil
Feb 10 2006, 09:58 AM
QUOTE(viva-la-gumball @ Feb 10 2006, 12:14 PM)
For starters apologies: im sorry to anyone that has been offended by anything written by my account
im sorry for the punctuation used in remarks under my account
but it wasnt actually me Matt who has been writing them, i have been on hols for the last week and my best mate who was looking after stuff used my account. He is incredibly dumb and doesn't even know that much about cars. I do agree with his first remark about BMW but thats about it and if you don't believe this check the punctuation.
Bring Matt back. I like him better than your new persona which you're using to try and dig yourself out of your hole.
DakianDelomast
Feb 10 2006, 10:20 AM
Actually I believe him, just because he has always been an idiot ever since he started posting here.
viva-la-gumball
Feb 10 2006, 11:50 AM
Thanks for believing me.
And don't worry if u want the old Matt i might be able to do that aswell.
bing5500
Feb 10 2006, 01:00 PM
Right, because your sig is so convincing compared to your apology. If you are going to make idiotic statements then at least stand behind them...
AMR
Feb 11 2006, 09:00 AM
God that Gumball dude is a grade A gimp. Although i do know a few people with BMW's and i can understand his first remark.
Cyclone
Feb 11 2006, 11:44 AM
QUOTE(AMR @ Feb 11 2006, 12:00 PM)
God that Gumball dude is a grade A gimp. Although i do know a few people with BMW's and i can understand his first remark.
You are grade A banned.
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