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Miamacs - 2:29 pm on Jun 4, 2008 (gmt 0)
OK, time to test if Google really means it. Got the heads up for this just now. Google should know about them for they're one of the challengers of YouTube. Try accessing their service from any of the blocked countries to get what I mean. Let's see... ... Trying to access the www subdomain from an IP that's associated w/ the above locations, the site falls short of denying service by showing a single, plain white page: Subject: Message: ... How's THAT for different content to users than to Googlebot? Seeing the recent news [news.yahoo.com] about them one has to wonder if this is some kind of a business model (?) but anyway... I wonder if a site that's unaccessible from half of the planet deserves their help. I'll be standing by, watching whether Google enforces their policy for good. Honestly, after reading into the forum posts about what's happening, I feel like joining the revolution [edited by: engine at 5:02 pm (utc) on June 4, 2008]
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21.Brazil
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40.Czech Republic
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64.Hungary
65.Iceland
66.India
67.Indonesia
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84.Liechtenstein
85.Lithuania
86.Luxembourg
87.Macedonia
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90.Malaysia
91.Maldives
92.Mali
93.Malta
94.Marshall Islands
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97.Mexico
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119.Romania
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125.San Marino
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129.Serbia
130.Seychelles
131.Sierra Leone
132.Singapore
133.Slovakia
134.Slovenia
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149.Turkey
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153.Ukraine
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158.Vatican City <*hahaaa* ...WHY?>
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(Please enter your email address) they're only telling us how to do business IF we want their free help. We are always free to build an online business that has nothing to do with Google. We just need a business model that can work.
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