The lawsuit, filed in February, was refiled again by ServersCheck, a small company that makes network monitoring software, over Google's "Suggest" feature, included in the latest version of its search toolbar. When a user types a keyword for a search, the toolbar shows a drop-down menu of guesses related to those words.
If ServersCheck is entered, Google generates suggested search terms such as "serverscheck crack," "serverscheck pro crack," and "serverscheck keygen," which lead to pirated software, said Maarten Van Laere, chief executive officer of ServersCheck.
Van Laere said he was told by Google that Web sites with illegal content would be removed from their index, but that it couldn't tweak the Suggest feature. So Van Laere filed suit, an action he said is an expensive option for a small company against a behemoth such as Google.
Source: pcworlds
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