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George,

Since discovering the ban, I pushed as many buttons as I could. Maybe one worked; I doubt I’ll ever know.

To me, the Internet is a mystery. The Google algorithm is a gigantic, self-serving monstrisity that is probably the closest thing I can think of to the sci-fi tales of artificial intelligence in cyberspace. Although it may be written somewhere in code, it travels autonomously as an electronic entity in a universe consisting of servers and clients, arranging data in such a way that its own existence is insured. It has an innocent skin, seeming to serve the clients, but ultimately has the predatory mission of corporate profits = power.

In sci-fi, the drama centers around man versus monster, and the AI entity, seeming to have consciousness, works its magic and destruction as it zooms through cables, antennas, and receivers while hapless humans fret, wildly pushing buttons and double-clicking to stop the madness before the entity gains control over the world.

Oh, well, crisis over for now. Back to work, but I keep searching for myself to make sure I really exist. Do I really exist, or am I a figment of Google’s imagination? Oh, dear!

Jack Trimpey

This evening, Mon, April 28, 2008, the Rational Recovery website is back in the Google index, ranking first on the key search terms as usual. For exactly one month, since March 28, 2008, we were invisible to searches for Rational Recovery and AVRT.

We have been busy for the last several weeks sending out inquiries, pleas for help, and filing complaints about the vulnerability of small businesses to Google error or negligence. I’m not sure what we’ve learned from this crazy experience other than how dependent we are on a giant corporation that has outgrown its original purpose.

Thanks to everyone who expressed concern, and particular thanks for the contributors who referred me to important resources for webmasters who have gotten banned. Yes, it truly was a ban, and the result some reported above was a paid/sponsored ad with a yellow background.

Back to the business of making independent recovery a viable option to all addicted people, everywhere!

Jack Trimpey

My homepage online is www.dogpile.com, which is a site that combines a bunch of search engines. After reading this blog, I typed “Rational Recovery” in the search window, and your site is only second in line.

Maybe you should promote dogpile as an alternative search engine to Google?

I’m here checking things out because I am refusing District Court mandated AA attendance, based on it being unconstitutional. 2nd Amendment, Establishment Clause. Probation has not violated me for my written refusal, so I think I’m good to go. Having RR & AVRT available to me now, I think my refusal is a home run. Thanks!

Never, never, never give up!

Ask Matt Cutts at http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ he is in charge of Google rankings.

Funny I think “beer” is also banned in sponsored advertising in the USA. Just do a search for beer and no ads show up:)