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Google to 'demote' sites with pirated content in rankings

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By The Drum Team, Editorial

August 13, 2012 | 1 min read

Search engine, Google, is altering its results in order to de-emphasise the websites of copyright offenders making it easier for users to find legitimate providers of music, movies and other content.

Earlier this year, Google joined forces with other Silicon Valley companies to help stop legislation that would have given government and content creators more power to shut down foreign sites which promote piracy.

Next week, Google will start using "valid copyright removal notices" to rank its search results.

The news was announced to the public in a blog post by senior VP of engineering at Google, Amit Singhal.

Website ranking at Google is usually based on how many other sites link to them, hinging on the belief that sites with the most links are more trustworthy and useful.

Now sites with high numbers of copyright-removal notices may get demoted down the rankings. The thinking behind this is legitimate content will be easier to find, without having to remove pages from its results.

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