Thank you Loes. I have seen this but not got the extension.
I am quite happy to follow what goes on first.

I always value your support here the same as with Marion.
I know what I get with you ladies is the truth.

If you are not using it then that is good enough for me.

Please keep us updated.

Thank you so much again, Loes. You are gem :)
Debs :)

Thank you for your post ... am I getting this correct ??

There are 1.5 billion websites in the world according to Google only 5000 of them are OK the rest are either supicious or down right oh noo !
What happened to innocent until proven guilty ??
If this was applied to humanity as whole there would be uproar

Also the reporting system is open to abuse as some unscrupulous people will report their competitiors.
Strange how there's no way to send a "good" report for a site at least in trip advisor you get that !!

Anyway enough ranting I'm off to look at some suspicious or ohh no sites !! he he :)

Very important information, Loes! Thank you for sharing!
I don't see any flag right now. Probably after an update?

So, what do I do? When I see it, remove it? And report abuse?

If many users would do it, then maybe G would remove the extension again???

Thank you for your support!
Aloha, Jenna

This will appeal to xenophobic personalities around the world. We can only hope that the average joe does not hear about it and when they do they research it enough to know it is not for them. No doubt Google has found a way to make $ out of this as you say below.

Thanks for sharing Loes! This really doesn't make sense. There are a handful of Internet sites that will be always be in the green just because of their size. Does it always make them "safe"?

However, there will be millions of perfectly legitimate sites that will always be in the orange because of their size. Does that make any more "safe" or "unsafe" than the green ones?

What makes the red sites "unsafe"?

What will Google do with all the reports of reported flagged sites? Are they really safeguarding us from "bad sites" on the Internet or providing job security for Google?

Wish we knew more about this perceived change in "Internet safety" and how it may negatively affect millions of smaller legitimate sites just trying to make a living or provide valuable information.

Thanks for sharing Loes. And yes, I think this is too much!

I wonder if this is a Google strategy to make new websites pay for advertising. It seems familiar with what happened recently with Pinterest after going public.

I don't know, I'm just trying to understand this crazy decision.

Cheers,
Darmendra.

Wow, good to know Loes! I don't use Chrome, but this is good to know what's going on...definitely not good in my opinion. Just because a site isn't up in the top 5000 most visited sites is no reason to flag a site as suspicious.

This won't help any new sites at all in being visited if they're being flagged like this...and, to me it looks like they're wanting to only keep those that are already giants to only get bigger... limiting people to visit only those sites...there goes any new ideas!

Well, this certainly doesn't make me want to use Chrome or its extension, lol. I hope this is put out of play soon!

Thanks for sharing!
Best wishes :) ~Sherry

As a non-Chrome user, I don't currently have access to the extension. One thing that concerns me, however, is whether there are safeguards to prevent those who have a problem with a site (content, personal bias, etc.) from utilizing the extension to report a site that otherwise would never have been reported?

Thanks for letting us know, Loes!

Best,

mitch

Loes,

Not so sure I like this particular extension, might be
alright if you have young children and want to keep
them off of certain websites. But really there are
other ways to do that with parental controls. This
seems like another way big brother is watching over
us all :(

Thank you for making us all aware, you are the greatest!

Susie

I've got to admit, I'm really disappointed in Google for releasing this nonsense. A site is suspicious because it's not in the top 5,000 websites? That's moronic.

If anyone wants to install this foolishness, here's the link to the Chrome webstore extension:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/suspicious-site-reporter/jknemblkbdhdcpllfgbfekkdciegfboi/related

In my view this may appear as a good thing but it can prove quite harmful in cases where people disagree with your content.

I think of political circumstances, religious belief or even in the health niche. If an influential group do not agree with or like your position, all they have to do is get enoough people to report your site and you are bounced off the web.

In ever increasinng rates I observe the clamping down on freedom of expression and of the press. For me this is disturbing. But I also know why and from whom its coming.

For now, Chrome is the best browser, but that will not always be the case. Just like Blockbuster used to be a staple in American lives, they lost the plot somewhere, and now there's only one left in the whole USA.

If Google makes changes which makes user experience worse, then people will move away.

It seems like something that will eventually work itself out. First, searchers aren't stupid. They'll get tired of seeing the same results of big companies after a while. They'll catch on and either uninstall the option or ignore it. How many people actually pay attention to those rediculous GDPR notifications these days?

Second, it could be a case of the Big G biting the hand that feeds it. After all, if you are small player who uses Adwords to advertise and when you send traffic that contains warnings, will you continue to advertise with them anymore? I know I would scrap my advertising in a heartbeat.

Just my two cents.
Best Regards,
Jim

Google is always changing something. I think this idea could be bad for some of us who aren't supicious.

Recently my FB page was shutdown due to someone or some people reporting my page as abusive. I followed the rules so, I don't get it.

So, in my opinion this feature might be used in the wrong ways.

I guess that is why I prefer Bing and Yahoo. They are less strict and more generous than Google, especially when it comes to rankings.

Thanks, Loes for sharing this update and keepong us on our toes.

More than anything, this will probably just end up being a tool for negative SEO. The higher you rank, the more reports you're going to get against your site.

And then, if you start falling in the rankings, you'll be suspicious of the sites that are climbing... especially if they have thin content. So those sites will get reported.

Google should call this their "crabs in a bucket" policy.

Too many scammers looking for an easy buck. Affiliate marketers are looked at as schemers too because it's so random and anyone can do it. My site got flagged when I tried to run ads so yea the net might be this but huge universe of.opportunity but it's also full of desperate housewives/men looking to succeed. Learned in the Marine Corps success is earned not rewarded. Google is.probably just trying to control asshats.

Think about all the fake news that gets millions of visitors. I think this is wrong because they aren't really investigating the content, they are giving the first page to popularity. I'm interested to see how this plays out with the 2020 elections coming up. Google has already expressed their hatred for the president, I wonder how many supporting sites of Trump will be marked as suspicious.

Thank you!
✨

To me, it's no surprise why Google has to do that. Many suspicious sites have been appearing everywhere on the internet. As a leading search engine, certainly, Google has to do something to control that.

Which is why I have been encouraging people here on Wealthy Affiliate to write longer posts and more comprehensive ones to REALLY give NOTHING BUT HIGH-QUALITY content!

Still, others are trying. Some are doubting. But I will continue to encourage them to do so.

To keep safe, remember these:

1. Write at least 2,000 words.
2. Link only authority sites.
3. Write comprehensive articles on your website.
4. Don't stuff your website with keywords.
5. Be authentic by humanizing your brand via email marketing and social media marketing.
6. Build connections and introduce your brand.
7. Deliver your offers to your customers in the most authentic way possible. (use the #1 secret sauce to effective content).

If you have questions about my suggestions, feel free to send me a private message. I'll be delighted to help you out. :)

Mecyll

AT this time of life if you aren't big, you are nobody!!!

Good Day, Loes.

Thanks for the heads-up.

Big Brother will soon be choosing our niche AND
breakfast cereal.

George, as in Orwell

Wow the big 'G' sure know how to screw you over! surely people will get to know that most sites are orange and just be weary of the red?

Top 5000 out of how many millions I wonder in total of the websites on the planet internet.
Whats that as percentage 0.05% or similar I would guess.
Paul

open to people who who want to deliberately abuse the system. Google just causing more chaos without thinking, it all about the control, once again.

This is also about Google trying to control content and user choices as if people can't make up their own minds...

If you are one of the top 5000 and they don't like your content, as you say, 'according to google,' politically (or otherwise), they can still flag it as suspicious!

I basically refuse to use Facebook and Twitter because they try to censor viewpoints they don't agree with. Add Pinterest as of late, too.

Yes, I know these are top WA sites for affiliate marketing approaches. It's a conundrum but alternatives are out there.

And yes, big tech can decide on how to flag their content, but this is already sparking competition as there is too much demand from people who don't want these guys telling us what we can or what we should be looking at (else threaten us with blacklisting, on top of that, very nice, Facebook).

Oh no, more Google stupidness thanks for the info, maybe I should just stop caring at all...

Sorry Loes,

Could you explain this in more detail? From what I read here... You have to have an "extension" to be in the green...

What extension, and, where did you pick up this news if you don't mind me asking?

Best Regards,

Stella

only 5000 websites are green? There is no hope......