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Originally Posted by wige
So, what should I do? Should I post the information about this technique, which might be abused but which we might come up with a way to prevent or defend against? Or should I err on the side of caution and not post the information?
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If people don't find what they are looking for the first time. What makes you think they are going to find what they are looking for after the 2nd,3rd,4th or fifth time they see the exact same content they just bounced from?
If it works and it returns more visitors and converts more sales or generates business. Make money with it.
If you have the ability to take someone else's website out... Contact the search engine people directly with your concerns. If it is Google... You might have a hard time contacting anyone on staff... Why not go over to the Google Webmaster Groups and post your concerns there? They have staff who review the posts. Providing details there will ensure that at least some of the right people get a chance to review the material.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Webmasters?hl=en
Publishing instructions on how to exploit software vulnerabilities is not a good idea. Many people will ban you from their forums if you do. Nobody is going to stop you if you post the instructions on your own site or a site which encourages that type of material like some security boards, or hacker sites. In the case of Google... I don't think you would have much choice except to post in one of their public areas if you wanted to do the ethically right thing... jmo...
Typically... you can't harm another persons website in the rankings unless you have access to their websites content.