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>1. Google is making arbitrary rules on how sites should behave, because they have a monopoly. How are rules against paid linking scams or procedure generated
by ceph_ 13y ago
>1. Google is making arbitrary rules on how sites should behave, because they have a monopoly.
How are rules against paid linking scams or procedure generated content farms considered arbitrary? It's clearly trying to game the system, and the rules are explicitly laid out to tell you NOT to do it.
>2. Google needs these rules, because Google’s rankings are apparently trivial to game.
If this were true, you can make millions executing your plan for any number of websites. It's not.
- alextingle 13y ago> paid linking scams One man's advertising is another man's paid linking scam. Do you know where to draw the line? Google doesn't - or at least they can't create an algorithm that knows the difference, even after significant investment in the problem.
- bushido 13y ago> How are rules against paid linking scams or procedure generated content farms considered arbitrary? It's clearly trying to game the system, and the rules are explicitly laid out to tell you NOT to do it. The whole case with the delisting/penalization and subsequent(and extremely speedy) re-listing of RapGenius is a great example of Google's current arbitrary practices. I covered this is some details on another thread[0] in a couple of replies[1][2][3][4]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7010997 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7010997 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7011063 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7011063 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7011111 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7011111 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7011356 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7011356 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7011597 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7011597
- ceph_ 13y agoThe rule they broke is clearly laid out [1]. The practice of manual penalties is as well [2]. They outline a course of action on how to remove the offending links [3]. How is this arbitrary? [1]https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66356 https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66356 [2]https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2604824 https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2604824 [3]https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2700611 https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2700611
- gress 13y agoThe 'system' they are trying to game is Google's system - tuned to maximize the profitability of Google's ad business. It's not some benevolent public good that is being 'gamed' here.