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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDinesh D’Souza’s ‘America’ Slams Google Again Over Missing Search Results
http://www.deadline.com/2014/07/dinesh-dsouza-america-google-missing-movie-showtimes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebookDinesh DSouza and the team behind the recently released documentary America: Imagine The World Without Her still want to know why Google wont display the show times for their movie. Earlier this week, lawyers for the conservative author/filmmaker sent a second letter to the tech giants chief legal officer David Drummond trying to get the situation resolved, Ive learned. The July 16 letter from Sheppard, Mullin attorney Kelly Crabb requested that Google correctly display information for America: Imagine The World Without Her in the same way it displays information for other movies currently in theaters.
Youd think that would be a simple enough request for one of the worlds top search engines. But in this case, youd be wrong. I dont know what the point of a search engine is if people cant access the information theyre looking for, a frustrated DSouza told me today. In addition to no showtimes listed, no click-through poster for the pic appears in the Google banner search result though 2004′s Team America, Foxs The Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Transformers: Age Of Extinction, Disney/Marvels Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the as-yet-unreleased The Avengers: Age Of Ultron do.
I think his problem is that he doesn't have an agency taking care of his SEO and SEM!!!
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Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Maybe Google doesn't want to promote a film made by a criminal. Maybe Google has religious reasons.
Take it to the Supreme's asshole.
underpants
(182,803 posts)AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)haele
(12,654 posts)Anyway, he's full of it. I googled "movie America", and his movie came up fourth or fifth in the list, under American Beauty and American Sniper. When I selected the search, and the The IMDb and Fandango "get tickets now" sites are #1 & 2. Then his own movie site.
If I google d'Sousa America, the news articles and controversy links come up first, and then IMDb, then his web site, then Fandango.
So if I really wanted to see that p.o.s., I could find tickets and showtimes for it easily enough.
And I have no clue what he's crying about, poor baby - is it because it doesn't come up as flashy as the "Planet of the Apes" movie or any of the other studio blockbusters opening now? If he googled "movies opening (whatever date), why is he surprised the listings are based on interest created off crap-loads of money pushing trailers and associated product pushed to the 11 - 25 crowd who aren't in school right now.
There is never going to be any major buzz from some whiny complaining in op-eds and on Faux and Bobble-heads.
He should be happy that his theater showings are easier to find than those of "Knights of Badassdom" were.
Hmmm - it also looks like Amazon is selling the movie (top of the side panel). So if anyone wants to see it, it's easy enough to find. What's the problem? He's got a boo-boo on his ego?
Haele
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)One, it is free advertising for him.
Second, it helps his narrative of a 'vast left wing conspiracy' type thing. That generates him hits/views too. He can't lose.
sendero
(28,552 posts).... in accordance with your FREE MARKET beliefs, Google, a FREE CORPORATION with RIGHTS OF PERSONHOOD, might elect to un-promote your piece of shit "film".
It is completely within their rights ACCORDING TO ALL YOU FREE MARKET folks, so why the fuss?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)D'Souza could just call everyone in the country who wants to see his "documentary" and tell them where and when it's showing. He could use the same phone booth to place the calls and host the screening. Efficient.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Johonny
(20,851 posts)Dinesh D'Souza is a hack. He sucks money out of the mindless fox viewer but has no legitimate claim to be taken serious. That he is a talentless hack is just PART OF THE CONSPIRACY