itswindy

Sorry but not impressed, unless it was done overnight. Nothing special there, just copying from already done sites.

"2. Google wants you to use our services because they're compelling not because we don't give you any other choice (ie "Don't be evil")."

Yeah, that's why they keep filling the first page with in house junk that would NEVER make it without the Google advantage. I am already seeing adsense ads for this all over the web, how much does Google pay the webmasters for them?

Inflation obviously takes a bite but it takes the same bite even if you put $5k a year when you're 40.

What you say makes sense but especially a startup can very easily go under. It doesn't take much for Google /MS /Apple etc to kill them and that results in less competition /innovation. Google loves the fact that 70% of search traffic passes through them, but with that come responsibilities according to the law.

It's not an ideal comparison but what if the power company said, I don't want your money, no power for you? Or the TV station with 70% market share that owns a competing business to turn you down for a legit advertising?

Where did you put your ex-wife's body Mr Johnson, we know you killed her? Just point at the map, you do not even have to say anything.

How do you know they aren't demoting their competitors? Not sure if the government can help here but that are a lot of legitimate questions.

:). I meant die, dinosaur style.

Running for 45 minutes might not be good for your knees (I think)

Note to author: what you said has been said before.

Now, so what?

God knows what I agreed to when I installed XP.

Ummm...how does that explain sites that stayed more or less with a range for many years? This is what Amit Singhal said, your site is "high quality" one month, junk quality the next and then back to "high quality" and deserving of better rankings without changing a freaking thing. In fact they are sure that they called everyone's demoted site "low quality." That's the truth.

But EU is going to go down first.

A lot of them come from sudden up and downs, with no apparent changes by the webmaster, as Google does "quality" changes. So people wonder and Google loves to spread FUD.

If their changes are pissing off one segment of their users it may be because they are trying to please another, more profitable, segment of their users.[/i]

Fine, all Google has to say is "we will use arbitrary ways of ranking and will support more those that $upport us with adwords" not spew nonsense.

P.S. With 70% market share Google is a monopoly and totally different rules apply.

Google worries about collateral damage only for top sites and that's so Google is not embarrassed.

Seeking to hire a bank employee...as long as he/she empties a few bank safe boxes and brings them to me. Pay depends on the loot...