Comments on: Google Bowling For Dollars: An Ethical Problem

By: namecritic

namecritic — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:48:16 +0000

I agree. positive saturation is a good thing. keeps others from being able to bowl you as well or at least makes it more difficult.

By: Adam Thompson

Adam Thompson — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:35:08 +0000

I’m not sure Forbes is endorsing those practices. I certainly don’t think that Google bowling is an honorable practice. I don’t see anything wrong with saturation techniques, though.

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Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:57:32 +0000

[...] Negative SEO is back in the news again. I found the following paragraph on the Marketing Pilgrim blog this afternoon: This begs the moral question here too — who is right and who is wrong? What is misinformation and what is not? Is it right to force others down in search engine rankings because you do not agree with their stance or believe they are incorrect? [...]

By: Chris McElroy aka NameCritic

Chris McElroy aka NameCritic — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 07:03:09 +0000

Thanks Nick. Great post and you are right. Maybe Forbes.com is involved in the use of these tactics themselves. Guilt by association, especially when they seem to be endorsing the practice of google bowling, false copyright claims, and other unethical behavior.