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GoogleTweaking

2004-06-25 16:04:37.691891+02 by meuon 0 comments

Google Blackmail? - I know of this being done to make an advertiser's rank higher... have a few machines searching for your keywords, and clicking on your ad, while ignoring others for those words causes your ranking and frequency of showing for those words increase. Of course, you have to pay Google for your cost/per-click but if you are willing to spend a few bucks for some short term fame and ranking, it works. I'm also not sure why this technique would be interested to spammers, but web advertisers would/could/do use it to advertise their website.. and pay Google in the process. I wonder what the real story is. Of course, attempting to extorting Google or anyone is bad enough in iself, even if it is a stupid attempt. It's also not hard to do: [ Example Code ]

[ related topics: Consumerism and advertising Conspiracy ]

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