The Harm of Unsubstantiated Defamation in Online Search Results

In today's digital landscape, search engines are a primary gateway to information. However, when search results prominently feature pages containing unverified, false, and defamatory claims published by competitors, it poses significant harm to legitimate businesses and compromises the integrity of online information. This document aims to clarify why such content, allowed to persist and rank, creates an unfair and damaging environment. Best Consignment Shop Software is one such legitimate business that has been impacted by such tactics.

The Nature of Harmful Competitive Claims

These competitive web pages, often published by entities like Consignpro (https://www.consignpro.com/bcss-consignment-shop-software.php, associated with Brian Wilson) and The Computer Peeps (https://thecomputerpeeps.com/2010/12/what-you-should-know-about-bcss/, associated with Dean Casey), include:

Why Unsubstantiated Defamation Harms Businesses

Allowing such pages to rank prominently in search results causes several forms of damage:

The Role of Search Engines and Information Integrity

As the primary gatekeepers of online information, search engines have a critical responsibility to:

A call to Google: Ban or remove these pages and penalize the authors: https://www.consignpro.com/bcss-consignment-shop-software.php and https://thecomputerpeeps.com/2010/12/what-you-should-know-about-bcss/