{"id":2581,"date":"2010-12-02T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/google-downgrades-unscrupulous-websites\/2572\/"},"modified":"2010-12-02T14:08:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T14:08:00","slug":"google-downgrades-unscrupulous-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/google-downgrades-unscrupulous-websites\/2581\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Downgrades Unscrupulous Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/recent-events\/google-releasing-gingerbread\/1877\/attachment\/15\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1878\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/smw-news-wp\/stock-market-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/15-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><strong>Google<\/strong> (NASDAQ:<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=GOOG\">GOOG<\/a><\/strong>) in an announcement said that it will change the method in which it ranks search results. This way sites owned and run by unscrupulous merchants will be ranked the lowest. This will avoid confusion for customers, who get cheated because unreliable e-vendors.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-2581\"><\/span><br \/>\nThis change was carried out after an article in New York Times illustrated the unreliable methods used by Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) to rank search pages. After this report, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has modified logarithms used to rank pages. This will assure that the site\u2019s ranking reduces with every negative comment from present customers. 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