Comments for Technically Speaking

Comment on Words, words, words. by Sue

Sue — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:47:14 +0000

It also shows that those of us who live off island are still interested in what is going on. I started coming to the Island in 1954 and my parents bought a home on Vineyard Avenue Extension in OB. I spent most of my Summers there and even worked at the Captains Table in OB.My best friend is still my best friend after 55 years. We spend time together every year having fun telling stories from our past. My house as my husband refers to it is all Vineyard. Paintings on the walls, clocks, magazines, coasters, tons of sweatshirts, Black Dog hats and special jewelry from Edgartown Scrimshaw. I consider the Island my home. there is nothing that makes me feel so grounded as stepping off the ferry and knowing I can finally relax and just be me.

Comment on Beach Road / Five Corners Webcam is Back! by Sue

Sue — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:37:42 +0000

It is just amazing to think of how far we have come technology wise. Recently my son and his family were on the Vineyard. I had them go into Oak Bluffs where I told them where the live Oak Bluffs webcam was located. I, here in Florida got to see my family live. My grandson who is 7 couldn’t figure out how I was watching what he was doing since I was in Florida. Each day the VH webcam opens on my computer and I can set the background depending if I want to see the ferry, the Shenandoah at anchor, or just a foggy day when I can picture the fog horn sounding from East & West Chop. These webcams keep us “Islander at Heart” connected until we come back home. I wish there was one downtown Edgartown during Christmas in Edgartown.

Comment on Words, words, words. by TomTrottier

TomTrottier — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:50:41 +0000

I was wondering. Beyond words, there are bridge hands. I was wondering how your bridge blog was constructed, all manually, character by character, or if you used a bridge program?

tOM

Comment on Skeletons in the search results by Rick Mello

Rick Mello — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:41:51 +0000

Often, those that contact me have already done the research and know of the process required to have Google remove a page from its index. To all that ask, I simply tell them that it is our policy to not remove content from our website.

The caveat to requesting that Google remove a page from its index is that it would still exist on the website and be re-indexed in the future when Googlebot (Google’s web crawler) got to it.

For more information on the policy itself, you may want to contact our editors directly.

Comment on Skeletons in the search results by Max

Max — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:25:47 +0000

Let’s try again.

When people get in touch with you, asking if you can prevent Google from from showing a previously published District Court Report in which their name appears, do you specifically tell them you can but won’t? Can you tell readers specifically why you won’t, beyond “policy”? It is this “policy” that your blog brings up that I wanted to hear you explain further. Thank you.

Comment on Skeletons in the search results by Rick Mello

Rick Mello — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:33:05 +0000

Perhaps I was too vague. I never stated that the page could not be deleted. I said, “The answer … is that we will not remove their name or the page it appears on from our website, and I have little to no control over how Google, or any other search engine, indexes and uses the content from our web pages.”

I am aware of how to remove pages from Google’s index. My reference to their use of the page was related to how the page ranks in an actual search result.

In our case, this is a matter of policy not functionality.

Your quote from FIVE WAYS TO DEFEND YOUR ONLINE REPUTATION is referring to “Those drunken spring break photos …” and the like. When talking about background checks and information that is part of the public record, Google or not, the information is available. It states:

“Arrested? … that information is in the public record, and much of it is available online for a fee. When an employer does a background check on you, this is the kind of stuff that turns up - so at the very least you want to make sure the information is accurate.”

Comment on Skeletons in the search results by Max

Max — Sun, 11 May 2008 11:23:56 +0000

Yes, Rick, the site owner, The Martha’s Vineyard Times in this case, can delete the Court Report.

From the site on FIVE WAYS TO DEFEND YOUR ONLINE REPUTATION:
If you’ve put stuff on your own sites that you don’t want Google to find, you can ask the search engine to delete it from its results. If someone else posted this material, though, Google won’t remove it. You’ll have to ask the site owner to take it down - or hire someone to do it for you.

Comment on A new look for mvtimes.com by Allison

Allison — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:51:04 +0000

I understand Arlan’s column has moved but why was she discontinued? I visited the MV Times website daily to read her column… I am disapointed she’s no longer a feature of your publication. I understand you don’t personally control the content, but please pass along my feelings to the powers that be.
Many thanks!

Comment on A new look for mvtimes.com by Rick Mello

Rick Mello — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:46:11 +0000

The following quote is taken from page 11 of this week’s Times:

“Arlan Wise’s astrology column will no longer appear in the newspaper nor on The Times’ website. To see her column email arlanw@vineyard.net.”

More information about this can be seen in this week’s News in Brief

Comment on A new look for mvtimes.com by Christine

Christine — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:26:40 +0000

The new look is great — but where is the astrology column?