Comments on: Should Google own anything? http://www.seoptimise.com/blog/2008/04/should-google-own-anything.html SEO Blog & Search Engine Marketing News Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:43:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: seo pixy http://www.seoptimise.com/blog/2008/04/should-google-own-anything.html/comment-page-1#comment-7523 seo pixy Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:29:28 +0000 http://blog.seoptimise.com/?p=587#comment-7523 I agree that Google owning TripAdvisor or any other website like it will arouse suspicions if their ranking goes higher. Maybe they should reconsider this.. I agree that Google owning TripAdvisor or any other website like it will arouse suspicions if their ranking goes higher. Maybe they should reconsider this..

]]> By: morgan http://www.seoptimise.com/blog/2008/04/should-google-own-anything.html/comment-page-1#comment-6788 morgan Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:37:50 +0000 http://blog.seoptimise.com/?p=587#comment-6788 I'm equally concerned anytime that I hear that Google is going to go for a site that lives off traffic. The thing that always confuses me is why are they doing this? Do they want the money? Their philanthropy is always slightly disconcerting, because while I think that they really want to get search right (because it's how they make their money), I'm never sure about them owning anything else under the guise of "it's for the good of the people." At some point, they're going to go from always saying they're helping everyone the Internet out to dictating to us how we should do things to do them correct…then it turns into a scary situation. So no, I don't think they should own anything else! :) I’m equally concerned anytime that I hear that Google is going to go for a site that lives off traffic. The thing that always confuses me is why are they doing this? Do they want the money? Their philanthropy is always slightly disconcerting, because while I think that they really want to get search right (because it’s how they make their money), I’m never sure about them owning anything else under the guise of “it’s for the good of the people.” At some point, they’re going to go from always saying they’re helping everyone the Internet out to dictating to us how we should do things to do them correct…then it turns into a scary situation. So no, I don’t think they should own anything else! :)

]]> By: Kevin Gibbons http://www.seoptimise.com/blog/2008/04/should-google-own-anything.html/comment-page-1#comment-6371 Kevin Gibbons Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:22:48 +0000 http://blog.seoptimise.com/?p=587#comment-6371 The <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/selling-performics-search-marketing.html" rel="nofollow">Perfomics sale</a> is great news, but I agree they could undo all of this by buying Expedia. Expedia will generate thousands of daily clicks from Google so any inside information they have is likely to be seen by many as unethical. For example, at the moment Expedia must spend a fair amount of cash on AdWords directing <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=expedia" rel="nofollow">Google UK brand traffic</a> to their .co.uk site instead of the expedia.com #1 natural listing. Any change to rankings, such as switching the .co.uk/.com organic listings would be perceived as a manual handjob, whether it is or not. The Perfomics sale is great news, but I agree they could undo all of this by buying Expedia.

Expedia will generate thousands of daily clicks from Google so any inside information they have is likely to be seen by many as unethical.

For example, at the moment Expedia must spend a fair amount of cash on AdWords directing Google UK brand traffic to their .co.uk site instead of the expedia.com #1 natural listing. Any change to rankings, such as switching the .co.uk/.com organic listings would be perceived as a manual handjob, whether it is or not.

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