I have been Googling Norman Finkelstein's website for ages, and I noticed the last couple of days that his website does not make the list. Then today on another search, I found this:
April 09, 2009
Why can't you find normanfinkelstein.com on google?
Donald Johnson sent me this note:
I visit Norman Finkelstein's site about once a week. I usually get there by googling his name and then clicking. That didn't work yesterday, because apparently Google no longer provides links to Norman's site. I don't know what the explanation is, but it is kind of interesting.
Agreed; I wonder. (Finkelstein's out of town.)
Posted by Philip Weiss at 06:58 PM in Internet, Israel/Palestine
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I checked this as well and got the same result. This is very curious.
I have never known google to suddenly "lose" all references to a specific website before.
Posted by: David F. | April 09, 2009 at 10:20 PM
I used to see his site on google. i just tried it. it should come us as the first listing when you post a search like 'normanfinkelstein.com' but it did not. i think this is being done by the same group of people that are pressuring youTube to remove videos that are critical to Israel.
http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/04/why-cant-you-find-normanfinkelsteincom-on-google.html**When you Google normanfinkelstein.com, this is what comes up on the first page:
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Results 1 - 10 of about 428,000 for normanfinkelstein.com. (0.06 seconds)
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Norman Finkelstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reviewed work: Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict by Norman Finkelstein, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 33, No. ...
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Mondoweiss: Why can't you find normanfinkelstein.com on google?
Donald Johnson sent me this note: I visit Norman Finkelstein's site about once a week. I usually get there by googling his name and then clicking.
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Jun 8, 2007 ... Dr. Norman Finkelstein. 32245 Ocean Parkway #3A ... tenure for Norman Finkelstein. Aware of the controversies surrounding this case, the ...
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Why is Norman Finkelstein Not Allowed to Teach?
When I learned in June 2007 that respected author and political science professor Norman Finkelstein had just been denied tenure at DePaul University, ...
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Documents published in: normanfinkelstein.com. ... November 22, 2005 - normanfinkelstein.com. © 2002 - 2009 The Middle East Forum. ...
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Finkelstein full interview undoctored by MEMRI - normanfinkelstein.com ... Finkelstein on Lebanon's NEW TV 06.21.2006 - normanfinkelstein.com ...
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This site reaches approximately 15166 US monthly people. The site appeals to a mostly male, more educated, middle aged audience.
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Those at the bottom do not bring you to his website, just thought it was odd and wondered if a website has tech issues, does that have a direct change for the Google search, not that his website is reporting any problems that I'm aware of.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=Bfe&q=normanfinkelstein.com&btnG=Search