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The Need For Search Neutrality

Posted by samzenpus on from the fair-and-balanced dept.

wilsone8 writes "The New York Times includes an op-ed today arguing for Search Neutrality: 'Today, search engines like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft's new Bing have become the Internet's gatekeepers, and the crucial role they play in directing users to Web sites means they are now as essential a component of its infrastructure as the physical network itself. The F.C.C. needs to look beyond network neutrality and include search neutrality: the principle that search engines should have no editorial policies other than that their results be comprehensive, impartial and based solely on relevance.'"

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  1. Re:Huh... by schon · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Inability to explain why. Credibility of your article nullified.

    Agreed.

    But to play Devil's advocate for a second, let's assume that the author's company really was legitimate, and really was being "discriminated against" (whether deliberately, or because someone at Google mistook them for search-engine spammers.)

    OK, so we have a legitimate company that has been "discriminated against". That still doesn't explain why Google needs to be regulated... there are thousands of scammers who aren't legitimate, and would *love* to be able to game search engines with impunity, making them all but useless.

    You are 100% correct to say 'prove your claims', because even if the claims were true, reality still doesn't support the ends they're suggesting.

  2. Re:I told you asshats this would happen by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You mean like how sub prime derivatives were innovative?

    Innovation isn't always a great thing.

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    Non impediti ratione cogitationus.