If you type Maltastar into Google Search in the UK as of 10.26 on 15 March, this is what you get at the top of the first and vital page:
Results 1 – 10 of about 177,000 for maltastar. (0.11 seconds)
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maltastar.com
www.maltastar.com/ – 38 minutes ago – Cached – Similar
More results from maltastar.com » Local News – maltastar.com
In other words, their inaccurate claims about me are being propagated by Search Engine Optimisation deep into the Google system, for ever.
I this morning have attempted a Comment on the Maltastar site of the article in question, briefly rehearsing the facts and denying for the record that I met the Malta Prime Minister or any other Minister during my recent visit. But they have not (yet) posted it.
That Google Search page also gives this:
maltastar.com – Site Info from Alexa
maltastar.com is ranked number 481816 in the world according to the Alexa Traffic Rank.
www.alexa.com/siteinfo/www.maltastar.com – Cached
391,415
Alexa Traffic Rank
Alas, my own little effort is way behind:
1,628,497
Alexa Traffic Rank
Virtue is not always rewarded. But at least it is virtuous.
Update at 16.33 UK time today:
The Maltastar story is dropping fast from their actual website, but this still comes up when you search for Maltastar on Google (sigh). I am now unhappily embalmed in Maltese web amber:
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