Google - First American Title Ins. - Discrimination?

First American Title Insurance Company has been caught over the years in a series of scandals resulting in huge fines in various states. Coming increasingly under the radar screens of the law for abusive and repeated scams in the U.S., First American Title is now setting up shop under foreign skies.

Although its image is indelibly tarnished in North America, First American Title obviously wishes to project a clean one to the international community.

In the U.S., James J. Dufficy pretends in legal forums that First American Title wishes to be transparent and actually welcomes the scrutiny by various authorities. That scrutiny has resulted in a bevy of multi million dollar fines imposed by multiple states in civil cases. Some states are considering filing long overdue criminal cases against the company and its executives.

It is not surprizing and evident that in a most public international forum such as Google, First American wishes to be totally opaque!

Indeed, has First American muzzled Google and interfered with freedom of speech so the international public cannot form an objective opinion about First American Title?

If so, is Google’s present policy statement misleading and should it be revised?

Google Policy Statement: “Our intent is to represent the content of the internet fairly and accurately…” …”“Google views the comprehensiveness of our search results as an extremely important priority. We're committed to providing thorough and unbiased search results for our users.”

Can the international public rely on such statements?

Or

Is Google in fact catering in a discriminatory fashion to big time advertisers such as First American Title?

Is the international public precluded from getting the full story in an unbiased fashion?

Are big time advertisers such as First American Tile coercing Google to give them prominent positions in search results while dropping sites that reveal unwanted truths about them?

Consider the evidence in a Google – First American Title Insurance search:

Up to a few weeks ago a search involving First American Title Insurance Company through Google’s search engines would bring up unbiased results. The suits by the various states could be found within the first three pages. So could other adverse comments from the public come up on First American Title.

Unfortunately I noticed that my URL was dropped from Google’s search engines within a few days of searches bringing up accurate although adverse legal info about First American Title and James J Dufficy!

I complained to Google and the site was soon indexed once again and reinstated. Having experienced First American’s devious manipulation of Yahoo in the past, I copied the Google results of the various searches.

Example:

On August 24 2006 a search for First American Title would bring up the following:

WebResults 1 - 10 of about 297 for first american title + leclezio. (0.23 seconds)Tip: Save time by hitting the return key instead of clicking on "search"Leclézio

To underscore my claims about First American Title, I include some links to recent ... So in typical persistent Leclezio fashion, Eve decided to add her ...lleclezio.blogspot.com/ - 61k - Cached - Similar pages

Yet, the following is the result of a search on the same subject on September 1, 2006:

Web Images Groups News more »Advanced Search Preferences

Sorry, no content found for this URLWebYour search - cache:TCDSAqFBC18J:lleclezio.blogspot.com/ first american title + leclezio - did not match any documents.

Likewise a search on James J Dufficy on August 24 2006 reveals:

Web Images Groups News more »Advanced Search PreferencesWebResults 11 - 20 of about 950 for james j dufficy . (0.12 seconds)Leclézio

In a letter addressed to me, dated March 24th 1998, James J. Dufficy had stated that his company had no duty vis-à-vis the public to do the ‘correct’ thing. ...lleclezio.blogspot.com/ - 61k - Cached - Similar pages

But again on September 1, 2006, the same search hits a blank!!!

Web Images Groups News more »Advanced Search PreferencesSorry, no content found for this URLWebYour search - cache:TCDSAqFBC18J:lleclezio.blogspot.com/ james j dufficy - did not match any documents.

Since then, all my requests addressed to Google to re-index and to reinstate my URL have been ignored!

Similarly, all other info that could impact First American negatively has been either deleted or relegated to the ‘back of the bus’.

Consider Mr. Jonathan Rosen’s post dealing with First American Title’s consistently crooked ways. Nowhere could I find it within the first 20 or more pages of a ‘First American Title search.

In my opinion this is a disservice to the public who cannot under those circumstances rely on Google’s policy as presently stated to form an accurate opinion of First American Title.

Is that yet another First American sham acting in collusion with Google?

Is Google pandering to their big bucks by granting them not only a prominent position but by also altogether dropping sites considered to be hurtful by such shameful clients?

If Google has elected to cow down to those filthy ‘big bucks’, then Google should in all fairness disclose in its policy statement that a company such as First American has paid to monopolize the first ‘x’ number of pages. Accordingly, those first ‘x’ number of pages do not accurately reflect public sentiment. Unbiased and comprehensive search results can only be found starting on page ‘y’ of Google searches.

Failing this Google is only assisting First American to perpetrate yet one more fraud not only on Americans but on the international community also this time round.

I hope and pray that the more First American attempts to suppress the broad dissemination of the whole truth about them, the more the public at large will seek to find out why and will demand to know!

A prominent judge with political clout and a few highly respected attorneys have opined that they hope that my book ‘First American Title to Injustice’ will serve as a catalyst to change the way a Title Insurance company like First American operates in America!

Indeed the release of my book and excerpts from it on various web sites could have hardly been timed better! Since it coincides with an ocean of scandals that only serve to further validate the facts disclosed in the book.

Therefore it is hoped that my book will serve to not only change the abusive and mercenary way in which First American does business, but that it also causes Google to either review and publish a new policy statement as suggested above!

I look forward to Google resuming fair and comprehensive reporting in the near future.

Short excerpts from my book: ‘First American Title To Injustice’ can be viewed http://www.leclezio.biz/ or longer excerpts should be available through the Google book partner program.