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Re:It's Time For Google To Take A Stand On Paid Links by fallentimes on Wednesday September 09, 2009 @07:06PM (#814165)
While I mostly agree with you, Google could easily say: "Fine, then we won't include you in our index". Such an action would easily cripple thousands upon thousands of businesses. It also shows how important it is for Google to have a legit search competitor.

Danny Sullivan's comments below the Business Insider article are spot on.

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Re:It's Time For Google To Take A Stand On Paid Links by qeorge on Thursday September 10, 2009 @12:54AM (#814677)
Agree about Danny's comments. He sums it up quite succinctly, in stating that nothing in this article is new. Its clear the author has little knowledge of the subject matter.

In his words, "Plenty of people get this stuff already. It's been out there again, for years."

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Re:It's Time For Google To Take A Stand On Paid Links by fallentimes on Thursday September 10, 2009 @02:35AM (#814785)
The key is that it's nothing new to the SEO community, but it's plenty new to many small businesses and startup founders.
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