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Search Engine Payola

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the trust-but-verify dept.

Cranial Dome writes: "The top four portals -- MSN, AOL, Yahoo, and Terra Lycos -- all have search results tainted by their acceptance of money for listings, according to this article in the Washington Post. Of the top search engines and portals (including Alta Vista, Inktomi, and Lycos), only Google has vowed to NOT accept money from companies for guaranteed placement in search results. Another reason to love the Google thang."

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  1. Google * by MrPerfekt · · Score: 4, Funny

    I swear I want to make love to this company..

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    I just wasted your mod points! HA!
  2. use others? by n3r0.m4dski11z · · Score: 5, Funny

    people still use search engines that arent google? hmm...

    why?

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  3. In other news by Wind_Walker · · Score: 4, Funny
    It was reported earlier that companies pay television companies for placement on popular television shows. Some companies pay outrageous amounts of money for placement on the annual "Super Bowl" special, shocking people who view PBS.

    It also turns out that some webmasters run banner ads on their websites, being paid money by corporations for key product placement. At a site like Slashdot, for instance, more than a million pages are viewed each day, and the ads are seen there, too.

    Finally, it turns out that sarcastic responses on the above-mentioned Slashdot site are often met with poor ratings and insulting replies. Details to follow...