Originally Posted by JustBiz

Yes, the adult biz historically - for understandable reasons - tends to keep its head down and not want to attract media attention. That road leads only to trouble etc.

But the times have changed quite a bit - at least in the serious press. The coverage of the whole onlyfans story was pretty even-handed recently and dealt with ostensibly as a business story.

Porn is a legal, big business which still accounts for a major slice of internet traffic. Why leviathans like google choose to ignore pirate sites blasted with takedown notices is a legitimate question ... IF the business reporter is aware it's an issue. I wager good money they don't. I also wager good money most won't care what google does with their adult SERPs, one way or the other.

But 'Why does google support internet porn pirates?' is a juicy headline some journo will be happy to wet his whistle with. What's google's answer gonna be? We only delist the little sites which get takedown notices.

Oh, what about the huge sites that get thousands of takedown notices a week?

Ah well ... we let them take page one of our results forever and a day.

Oh, why's that? What happened to 'Do no evil'? Because it's the adult business it doesn't count?

We're just giving our customers what they want ...

What's that?

Free porn.

You mean, 'stolen' porn?

Um ...

This is legal business. Even if it changes nothing, those sort of questions merit some sort of answer. And it'd be interesting to see how the tech giants justify something I don't think they would allow in mainstream.