I don't think Google would give Mahalo preferential treatment - although sites like TechCrunch sometimes give us the impression that Jason Calcanis, Google Bras

I don't think Google would give Mahalo preferential treatment - although sites like TechCrunch sometimes give us the impression that Jason Calcanis, Google Brass, Kevin Rose, etc... are all part of some sort of untouchable Silicon Valley illuminati, that's really not the case. Google cares more about the quality of its search results than any personal relationship - I don't think they'd hesitate to burn some of Mahalo's domains if they thought it was negatively impacting users.