ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head><title>The Sampradaya Sun - Independent Vaisnava News - Editorial Stories - October 2011</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" width=800 link="#990000" alink="#990000" vlink="#000088"> <table width=750 border=1 bordercolor="#CC9933" bordercolordark="990000" bordercolorlight="CC9933" cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr> <td valign=top><font size=2><font face="Verdana"><font size=2> <center><P> <img src="../head1.gif" width=605 height=99 border=0 usemap="#nav1"></center> <center><table width=700 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr> <td valign=top colspan=2><font size=2><font face="Verdana"><font size=2> <MAP NAME="nav1"> <AREA COORDS="23,17,110,82" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../index.htm"> <AREA COORDS="1,87,46,98" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../../media/mantra.wav" target="_blank"> <AREA COORDS="76,86,111,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../news/news.htm"> <AREA COORDS="121,86,189,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../editorials/editorials.htm"> <AREA COORDS="199,86,256,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../features/features.htm"> <AREA COORDS="266,86,329,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../sunblogs/sunblogs.htm"> <AREA COORDS="339,86,412,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../classifieds/classifieds.htm"> <AREA COORDS="421,86,466,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../events/events.htm"> <AREA COORDS="476,86,539,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../recipes/recipes.htm"> <AREA COORDS="549,86,796,604" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../podcasts/podcasts.htm"> </MAP> <P><BR> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=700> <P><BR> <blockquote> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+2><p style='text-align:justify'> The Humblest of Swamis </font></font> <P> <font face="verdana"><font size=2><p style='text-align:justify'> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><B>Oct 31, 2011 &#151; CANADA (SUN) &#151; </B> As we've mentioned in previous articles (<a href="http://harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/07-11/editorials7442.htm" target="_blank"><B>here</b></a> and <a href="http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/07-11/editorials7449.htm" target="_blank"><B>here</b></a>), Radhanath Swami has deployed a public relations campaign of self-glorification that is unprecedented in ISKCON. His disciples are regularly engaged in a Web Seva program in which they churn as much content as possible to promote the Swami. And as we have been repeatedly warned by his Web-sevites, one of their main objectives is to drown out the negative commentary about Radhanath in the Sampradaya Sun by pushing so much content onto the Net, our links will be buried in the Google returns. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>The Swami is obviously taking shelter of professional SEO (search engine optimization) advice, and the list of Radhanath cheerleading sites is growing. In fact, the list is getting so long, it's starting to look like a phishing directory. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>While the proliferation of web properties below may help Radhanath in the search rankings, we doubt they'll help him go back home, back to Godhead. </font></font><p><ul><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://www.radhanathswami.com/about ** official website doesn't mention Srila Prabhupada </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://www.richardslavin.com/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://radhanathswami.net/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://krishnayoga.info/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://radhanathswami.posterous.com/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radhanath_Swami </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://www.radhanathswami.us/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://www.itsohappened.com/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://radhanathswamiquotes.com/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://www.radhanath-swami.net/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://radhanathswami.blogspot.com/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://www.radhanathswami.org/ ***loaded with more links </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>www.radhanathswamiweekly.com </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://radhanathswamionline.com/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://www.radhanath.com/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://www.thejourneyhomebook.com/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://radhanathswami.info/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://www.radhanathswamiphotos.com/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://www.radhanath-swami.info/ *** loaded with more links </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://www.radhanathswamimedia.com/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://www.radhanathswamivideo.com/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>http://www.radhanathswamiradio.com/ </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>And many more <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6yruezv" target="_blank"><B> http://tinyurl.com/6yruezv</b></a> </ul> </blockquote> <P><br><p style='text-align:justify'><p><p> <center><a href="../../index.htm"><img src="../../leftarrow.gif" width=20 height=15 border=0 alt="Homepage"></a></center> <P><BR> <!-- ========================END NOTES===================== --> <blockquote> <font size=2><font face="Verdana"><font size=-2><center> | <a href="../../index.htm">The Sun</a> | <a href="../../news/news.htm">News</a> | <a href="../../editorials/editorials.htm">Editorials</a> | <a href="../../features/features.htm">Features</a> | <a href="../../sunblogs/sunblogs.htm">Sun Blogs</a> | <a href="../../classifieds/classifieds.htm">Classifieds</a> | <a href="../../events/events.htm">Events</a> | <a href="../../recipes/recipes.htm">Recipes</a> | <a href="../../podcasts/podcasts.htm">PodCasts</a> | <P> | <a href="../../about.htm">About</a> | <a href="../../submit.htm">Submit an Article</a> | <a href="mailto:sun@harekrsna.com">Contact Us</a> | <a href="../../ads/advertise.htm">Advertise</a> | <a href="../../../index.htm">HareKrsna.com</a> | </center> </blockquote> <P> <center><b>Copyright 2005,2011, HareKrsna.com. 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