Originally published on September 22, 2012.
This article records the fact that Google search results related to me, which had averaged approximately 15,000, suddenly fell by about half and then declined further to around 2,000 within only about two weeks.
At the same time, suspicious blogs were occupying prominent positions in search results, and I directly questioned Google about what was happening.

2013-09-23
This article was originally published on September 22, 2012.
Throughout Japan, there were people of goodwill who had created blogs under various themes, and in prefectures and cities across the country there were people who were reading my blog.
Looking at the opinions about me expressed on those blogs, approximately 95 percent were favorable, while those attacking me accounted for only about 5 percent.
Judging from the reactions and evaluations appearing on those blogs, I thought that I should recognize that I had far more support and continue writing and publishing my blog.
But I would like you to consider the number of search results.
Until shortly before that time, search results related to me had averaged approximately 15,000.
Then, suddenly, that number fell to roughly half.
Furthermore, only about two weeks later, it fell sharply again to around 2,000.
Search results that had averaged approximately 15,000 suddenly fell by half, and then, within only about two weeks, declined further to around 2,000.
What exactly was happening?
To the employees of Google Japan and those responsible for its Japanese operation.
To the people at Google’s headquarters in the United States.
And to those within the close relationship surrounding Stanford University.
What do you think about this?
Could it be that the search technology Google has provided to the world is, as a consequence, lending a hand to “evil”?
When one looks at the popularity rankings of certain websites or at what occupies the highest positions in search results, it is only natural to raise such a question.
In fact, blogs of the kind described below sometimes occupied every position from first through tenth.
Anyone who regularly browsed blogs must have encountered pages like these at least once or twice.
They contained writing deliberately made to appear vulgar, foolish, or perverse.
They seemed to be designed to attract attention through what could only be described as a kind of staged self-promotion.
While wondering what their real purpose was, one would suddenly encounter a page asking for an email address.
At the very least, perhaps their purpose was to collect email addresses and resell them.
But was that really all?
How many such blogs were flooding the Internet, including those designed to lead readers toward dubious information products, merchandise, or other questionable businesses?
Meanwhile, pages of this kind occupied prominent positions in search results, while search results related to me, which had averaged approximately 15,000, suddenly fell by half and then declined further to around 2,000.
Once again, I ask the people at Google.
What do you think about this?