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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by esafak on Saturday April 05, 2025 @02:33PM (#43595584)
Then your company would be beholden to the Yelp's of the world. Pay up or have your listing removed.
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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by WalterBright on Saturday April 05, 2025 @02:39PM (#43595651)
Nobody is even going to know to put you on their list, unless you do marketing and promotion.
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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by esafak on Saturday April 05, 2025 @04:52PM (#43596733)
As long as a search engine can find your product, so can they. That's their job. Whether they would be able to review every candidate is another matter.
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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by WalterBright on Saturday April 05, 2025 @07:39PM (#43597747)
Nobody looks past the first two or three pages in the search results. That's why SEO is a large industry.
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