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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. Re:Scientology knows how to manipulate Google by InitZero · · Score: 2, Troll

    Anybody with half a brain already knows all they need to about Scientology...

    Correction: Anyone with half a brain probably already IS a scientologist.

    InitZero