Comments on: The Politics of Search: it’s just beginning… http://www.johnon.com/426/google-seo.html I think there's an opinion on that subject lying around here somewhere.... Sun, 19 May 2013 01:46:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: » Google vs. Innovation - John Andrews - johnon.com http://www.johnon.com/426/google-seo.html#comment-64155 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:30:40 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/426/google-seo.html#comment-64155 [...] I was reviewing my DiamondsDirect.com post and noticing that Google had (manually?) corrected all of the embarassing bits I noted in that post, while avoiding acknowledging their censorship of the web via profiling (parked pages, innovative methods etc). In the past I have vocally encouraged Google’s support for creativity and the expansion of the web. But for many years I have also noted that Google’s business model leads it towards biased censorship and anti-competitive practices. It looks like we are seeing plenty of that now. [...] […] I was reviewing my DiamondsDirect.com post and noticing that Google had (manually?) corrected all of the embarassing bits I noted in that post, while avoiding acknowledging their censorship of the web via profiling (parked pages, innovative methods etc). In the past I have vocally encouraged Google’s support for creativity and the expansion of the web. But for many years I have also noted that Google’s business model leads it towards biased censorship and anti-competitive practices. It looks like we are seeing plenty of that now. […]

]]> by: john andrews http://www.johnon.com/426/google-seo.html#comment-64133 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/426/google-seo.html#comment-64133 <p><strong>Update 11/2007:</strong></p> <p>Since this article was published, Google has removed the offending "made for adsense" site that showed Google does include and rank sites of low quality. Google has also removed the hyphenated parsing exploit domain which was noted at GoDaddy's parked page warehouse.</p> <p>So we know Google is actively monitoring and correcting what it decides makes for bad public perception. Selectively.</p> <p>The core problem remains, however, in that certain sites are excluded sans explanation, despite obvious awareness of that fact. Does that confirm intent? Confirm that Google deliberately denies access to certain sites based not on "technical factors" but rather censorship?</p> Update 11/2007:

Since this article was published, Google has removed the offending “made for adsense” site that showed Google does include and rank sites of low quality. Google has also removed the hyphenated parsing exploit domain which was noted at GoDaddy’s parked page warehouse.

So we know Google is actively monitoring and correcting what it decides makes for bad public perception. Selectively.

The core problem remains, however, in that certain sites are excluded sans explanation, despite obvious awareness of that fact. Does that confirm intent? Confirm that Google deliberately denies access to certain sites based not on “technical factors” but rather censorship?

]]> by: john andrews http://www.johnon.com/426/google-seo.html#comment-59479 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:12:08 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/426/google-seo.html#comment-59479 @Ben: Wow... look what is appearing at #9 for "diamondsdirect.com": d-i-a-m-o-n-d-s-d-i-r-e-c-t.com, a <strong>parked page at GoDaddy</strong>! @Ben: Wow… look what is appearing at #9 for “diamondsdirect.com”:

d-i-a-m-o-n-d-s-d-i-r-e-c-t.com, a parked page at GoDaddy!

]]> by: jotting.org » Frank’s blog http://www.johnon.com/426/google-seo.html#comment-58714 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:18:37 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/426/google-seo.html#comment-58714 [...] “”Of course what Google was really doing was playing politics. Better than most, I might add. Sans the lobbyists and open debates, Google was working the people. Price controls? No, Google doesn’t control prices. Google measures quality, and adjusts pricing based on quality scores.”" … Reading this quote Danno sent from Johnon’s blog really struck me… [...] […] “”Of course what Google was really doing was playing politics. Better than most, I might add. Sans the lobbyists and open debates, Google was working the people. Price controls? No, Google doesn’t control prices. Google measures quality, and adjusts pricing based on quality scores.”” … Reading this quote Danno sent from Johnon’s blog really struck me… […]

]]> by: website magazine http://www.johnon.com/426/google-seo.html#comment-58679 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:14:29 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/426/google-seo.html#comment-58679 <strong>The Politics of Search: it’s just beginning...</strong> When a blog gets “popular”, the blogger is faced with a quandary. Continue to do what has made the blog popular, or recognize that there is now audience expectation, and accommodate it?... The Politics of Search: it’s just beginning…

When a blog gets “popular”, the blogger is faced with a quandary. Continue to do what has made the blog popular, or recognize that there is now audience expectation, and accommodate it?…

]]>