This is obviously messed up, but its nothing new. Thousands of startups growth strategy is ranking organically for brand search of their prospects. Google sells

This is obviously messed up, but its nothing new. Thousands of startups growth strategy is ranking organically for brand search of their prospects. Google sells that ad space on branded search, yelp and other directories rank for them. The great big Internet Scam no one wants to admit is that digital advertising is one big protections racket! Hijacking customers and selling it back to businesses. Just look at super shady companies like rehabs.com that ranks for thousands of rehabs and pushes their phone number on all the listings. If google and the internet went away tomorrow, small local businesses would likely be better off. Instead of having to pay money just to keep competitors from bidding on their brand or worrying about all the ways tech startups prey on small local businesses!