On 29/11/2014 Tom Panfil wrote:
perhaps some site could be developed to provide the official download links for Apache OO
For Apache OpenOffice, that site is our official site: http://www.openoffice.org ; it almost always comes first in Internet searches (but yes, sponsored links are the problem; more below).
Perhaps a press release could then be sent to prominent computer gurus with significant followings to invite them to alert their audiences
That post already exists at http://s.apache.org/genuine-openoffice ; everyone is welcome to give visibility to it.
It could point them to the consolidated site for links to the official download sites.
I don't know if a consolidated site (linking in turn to the individual official sites) is a solution. In the end, the openoffice.org site is a resource that we fully control, it is official and it comes higher in Internet searches.
Perhaps help could be enlisted from socially responsible Search Engine operators too.
When you see suspicious sites come up in a web search for one of our trademarks, please inform us as explained at https://openoffice.apache.org/trademarks.html ; in some cases (although it needs a significant effort) we managed to enforce them and get the sponsored links removed.
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