Google Punishing Chrome Results For 60 Days

djl4570 writes "'Google is pushing its own Chrome browser down in search rankings for 60 days following reports that the company was involved in an ad campaign that paid for links to bolster search traffic. ... According to Sullivan, it appears that Google contracted its Web ads out to a firm called Essence Digital, which in turn asked a company called Unruly Media to implement the campaign.' I see this as an astute move on Google's part. Rather than circle the wagons they say 'oops' and correct the problem. Google understands that such link pimping is a cancer that undermines the integrity of their search engine. That's why it isn't allowed and now Google is saying we don't support a double standard either."

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Re:Google still is different from other companies.

[Overly Critical Guy]

Level of integrity? Huh?! Google just got caught doing the exact same thing that JC Penney got totally reamed for early last year. JC Penney even gave the same excuse, that they didn't know what the SEO company they hired was doing. They're not different at all from the others.

The punishment isn't even a punishment, because Google pays itself to place a Chrome ad at the top of the search results regardless of what the search engine actually returns beneath it.

It almost sounds like you were already a supporter of Google, and you are using this as an excuse to shrug off negative criticism. Getting caught being hypocritical isn't something worth praise, nor is it proof that they're different--it's proof that they're the same!