Google: A Scoffing Violator for Sure
February 22, 2009
If Microsoft can release Internet Explorer 8 and put itself on a list of non compliant Web sites, Google can violate its own Webmaster guidelines. SearchNewz doesn’t agree. You can read Dave Davies’ view of the scoffing violator Google here. Mr. Davies includes a link to Google’s explanation of the situation. For me, the most important comment in the write up was:
As it turns out, old Google Japan has been buying links in the form of blog posts to help increase their rankings. Of course, it wasn’t actually Google – it was a third party (of course) and Google Japan’s PageRank has been dropped to a 5 from the 9 it was at. So a black eye for Google. Of course, they have a good explanation but then – who doesn’t. 🙂 All the same, the one person who came out of this looking great – Matt Cutts who once more represents Google well and you just want to trust him to do no evil.
My research suggests that Google takes other liberties with its guidelines as well. But if Google makes its rules, just like a shopping mall owner, Google can breaks its rules. Google is a bit more influential than a shopping mall, however. I don’t mind pointing out Googzilla’s flaws, but I do try to follow its rules. I even put up with silliness from the now famous Cyrus and his death of knowledge about Google’s own open source information stream. Mr. Davies makes a good point, but it won’t amount to a hill of dead Google power supplies.
Stephen Arnold, February 22, 2009
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