News Source: http://www.smallbusinesshub.com
Published: Sep 10, 2007 - 07:42 am
Story Found By: flyingrose 1721 Days ago
Category: SEO
2. The rules are designed to maximize profit. Just like a casino, Google has an economic interest in designing the rules of Internet search so as to maximize its long term profit. Google is a for-profit company, so this should not come as a surprise.
3. Smart players reduce profitability. There is nothing illegal, immoral or unethical about counting cards at a blackjack table. Card-counters are not "cheaters". They simply play the game better than most others and are the rare case where a player overcomes the usual house advantage and actually has a mathematically demonstrated way to make money over the long-term. This is why card-counters get banned (once they are detected). Casinos don’t like losing money. Similarly, really good SEO consultants (the smart ones) generally take profit away from Google (because they help their clients reach the market without having to pay Google for advertising)."
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Great follow up. I like the casino analogy. I think it fits well.
See also http://sphinn.com/story/5044
See also http://sphinn.com/story/5083
Interesting discussion in the comments too. Sphinned.