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	Phil's Blogservations Friday, June 25, 2004 Posted by philgomes 11:16 AM No, CMP Isn't Blocking Google News No, CMP Isn't Blocking Google News People were quick to jump on CMP Media for allegedly blocking Google News' spiders, but the whole mess appears to have been a scripting error. A comment to Techdirt says: Hi folks, My name is Brad Shimmin. I'm the EIC online for Network Computing, and I can tell you that at no point have we ever considered blocking incoming links from Google. We're still investigating the situation, but we believe the blocking mechanism we have had in place for some time (stopping competitors who reproduce our content) went astray. Like [the anonymous commenter] above, I haven't run into any links from Google that are being blocked currently, so I imagine this was a momentary glitch most likely originating in the data center. As Mike Azzara, our VP/Group Director of Internet Business, has said: For the record, no referral from any Google site should see any blocking page at all, ever. HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes[[dot}]com SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. Any comments and trackbacks are the opinions of the individual writer of those comments and trackbacks, and not those of Phil Gomes, his employer, its clients, or its business partners. If you have a bone to pick, bug the people who wrote the comment or trackback.