Paid posts are the devil incarnate according to search engines

robwatts — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:26:07 +0000

Luke – I’m sure they look at it too and handle it in their own way, quietly.

Fact is that Google is the biggest referrer of traffic so gets the greatest amount of attention.

Paid posts are the devil incarnate according to search engines

Luke — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:07:21 +0000

How come we never here anything from Yahoo! and MSN about paid links, blog review and the no follow tag?

Paid posts are the devil incarnate according to search engines

robwatts — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:19:17 +0000

Hi Misha – Some webmasters I suspect, would say that the Google train has already arrived at the ‘corrupt brutal killing machine drunk with power’ station.

Paid posts are the devil incarnate according to search engines

Misha — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:12:34 +0000

Rob,

Thanks for putting it all together. It does not surprise me a bit, though. The more Google grows, the more it reminds me of Soviet Union. Utopian rhetoric on the surface and monetary interest in the heart… I bet it will finish the same way eventually…

Paid posts are the devil incarnate according to search engines

robwatts — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:11:13 +0000

Big Oak – I think you echo many of the sentiments felt and expressed by the small guys.

FWIW, I think the others wouldn’t be too much different given a similar scenario.

At some point something will give, I think thats inevitable. M$ found themselves in a similarly unrivalled position and we all know how that story went…

Thanks for stopping by

Paid posts are the devil incarnate according to search engines

Big Oak SEO — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:08:00 +0000

I’m over being angry or surprised by Google’s tactics anymore. My feelings have evolved into detached amazement. It seems nothing should be attempted to increase your rankings other than good content and unsolicited links. So small businesses should surrender to the giants of the internet and realize their cause is hopeless.

Google, once what was good about the Internet, has become a dictating force and is subverting everything for profit. I really wish the other search engines were better to compete.

Paid posts are the devil incarnate according to search engines

Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:21:16 +0000

The Paid Links Debate, Take Two (Or Twenty)

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Paid posts are the devil incarnate according to search engines

Igor The Troll — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:09:06 +0000

Great, Happy New Year to you and my friend Carsten – Roy.

And Roy come check out Talk:Knol

Igor