malcolmcroucher - 8:48 am on Oct 14, 2008 (gmt 0)

So the guy puts up a web site, doesn't tell Google NOT to index his site, enjoys all the visitors that Google send him over the years, then decides to sue Google? Doesn't sound like a reason to celebrate to me. Besides removing all his images in their images index, I hope they completely remove his site from their main index.

For what reason do we have to say to google dont index our site . Should it be common practise that google does index a site ?

Okay sure on the pro side : free traffic = sales

on the con side : private data is displayed to the whole world .

My real question is should it be that google indexing your site is opt in ? rather than opt out . Who gives google the right to go and display every site they want ? I would understand if they were a community based organisation which doesnt make a profit , but hey google makes a profit from displaying my site , surely there should be some relationship or even mutual relationship . Sure they have great technology and great employees but without us clients and our consent they are nothing !

Regards

Malcolm