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Re: Is Second Life’s new search functionality being gamed?

Emmaline Thorn — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:36:35 -0000

Stone -- I don't know what time you visited, but I was there this morning, and as of 8:50 AM Eastern US time, they were all there -- there is a false floor under the pond - if you go one level lower, you'll see they are all still there, buried two layers deep, and with no visible way in or out. They're either planted and set to never idle, or someone's giving out a teleport in/out to the place. Same for the top floor of the building nearby.

I've asked for a statement from the Sim owner as to those idlers who keep winning money. We'll see if we get a response.

Re: Is Second Life’s new search functionality being gamed?

Lowell Cremorne — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:18:56 -0000

Hi Stone,

Thanks for the extra info - it's certainly an interesting story ;)

Lowell

Re: Is Second Life’s new search functionality being gamed?

Stone Culdesac — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:32:40 -0000

Oh, and I just changed your old blog listing to this one, sorry about that, completely forget about it.

Re: Is Second Life’s new search functionality being gamed?

Stone Culdesac — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:29:29 -0000

I did grab the first two screenshots from Grid Expectations, but just because all the avatars were gone by the time I got there. I did see a few other spots they could actually hide some, above and below ground but none as of last night. The other screenshots I was showing how easy it is to game the search traffic, all you need is traffic and a keyword in your description, and they were top five for sex, escorts, skins, shapes, you name it.

If you look at the one spot above them Platinum skins, I think it was, they have their campers outside where you can see them, although, there were a lot less there, so I am beginning to wonder if B&B just filled that room below ground during the slow periods and removed them during SL's busy times. I will try to pot in here and there and see if they do, as well as watch to see if their traffic scores plummet.