ABEL said:
just look at it this way, a lot of those googlers are probably U2 fans who are just finding this place out
First .. I want to make some things clear....
Google is indexing the forum for Google News _only_.
Google News links expire afer a few days.
Google News validated our community as a news source - even thought it's community driven
Google just bought Blogger -- Imagine what's to come....
Did you know Google started out as a blog?
Everything is coming full circle... blogs and forums spread news faster than any other source.
Now...
I've said this before... and I'll say this again...
Folks, this is the Internet. It isn't some safe deposit box at your local bank.
Hundreds of thousands of people each month have always read the forum, the only thing that has changed is that now more people will be directed to specific news worthy threads, our Original Content, and our U2 News sections.
If you're concerned/paranoid about your privacy, you shouldn't have been posting things that would jeopardize that in the first place.
Journals are blogs, you're posting for the world to see, nothing has changed.
Interference protects email addresses, Private Messages, whatevers stored in your User CP, etc. If you post your real email address, full name, address, etc in a public forum... that's your choice. Again, nothing has changed.
I don't mean to sound harsh or cold... but like i said... if you're posting on the Internet, or anywhere for that matter, you should understand these things.
Also.. just want to note... Google News is only linking to threads.. NOT Journals.