The Time Has Come To Regulate Search Engine Marketing And SEO

Re:The Time Has Come To Regulate Search Engine Marketing And... by hvs on Monday July 13, 2009 @08:10AM (#701526)

Government regulation of search? So now we have a right to be included in the top of search results? Whenever someone says that "free trade has broken down" you know what they really mean is "I want to use the government to my advantage because I can't compete in the market."

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Re:The Time Has Come To Regulate Search Engine Marketing And... by ckinnan on Monday July 13, 2009 @09:46AM (#701670)

Also, regulations tend to lock-in the current market structure.

The article ignores that Google has a robust new competitor, Bing (as well as other new specialized options like Wolfram) and "search" itself is evolving in social forms like Twitter and Facebook.

Innovators, as usual, are already working on solutions to today's perceived problems.

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Re:The Time Has Come To Regulate Search Engine Marketing And... by wmeredith on Monday July 13, 2009 @11:19AM (#701855)

Also, regulations tend to lock-in the current market structure.

From the article: The anonymous author is an executive at one of the largest sites on the internet.

Why wouldn't he want to lock in market conditions?

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Re:The Time Has Come To Regulate Search Engine Marketing And... by kngspook on Tuesday July 14, 2009 @02:12AM (#703199)

I'd still like to see more competition than Google vs. Bing...

But Google's brand-power is really a strong asset at this point. At this point, I almost like Bing more for wearing away at Google's mind-share than Google's market share. (Of course, one comes with the other.) Maybe Bing's existence will open the door for some new start-up to make a dent.

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