It was so easy to game Altavista you didn't even have to try. I was gaming the search engines starting in 1996. I was #1 for whatever term I wanted. It was a l

It was so easy to game Altavista you didn't even have to try. I was gaming the search engines starting in 1996. I was #1 for whatever term I wanted. It was a lot harder once PageRank came along and required you to have external parties essentially vouch for you.