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Dugdale
127 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.rentvine.com)
Category: Google
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Posted By:
Dugdale
127 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.rentvine.com)
Category: Google
3 Comments
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Comments
Good stuff. Surprised it didn't get more sphinns.
A couple of people have already posted video of Matt's answer elsewhere which may be why this isn't getting the Sphinns it deserves. But it is by far the best quality and clearest video of the answer.
Matt says what Jill, I and a few others have said all along; that Google aren't about to fact check or review every site on the net, that The Onion is safe (please can people stop comparing linkbait-gate to The Onion or satire cause it just shows how little you understand either), April Fools are safe (ditto) and they took action here because it invited a response. Lyndon and money.co.uk basically ran up and tweaked Google on the nose and then jumped up and down in front of them daring them to do something. So they did. Qu'ell surprise!
After sitting through Blow your Mind Link Building Techniques, Matt's comments are dead on.
Kimota, you are right, Dave's video is the best quality out there I have seen so far too.
Regarding the video content:
Matt speaks like a rational person who wants his product (Google) to maintain the highest quality service. Others say, check your morals at the door, its all about marketing.
Matt got it right, he needed to remove the fake news story from the Google news index as soon as he became aware if it. But he also addresses people like Jay Young and Stephen Spencer who offered tips that on the surface appear to conflict with Google's quality goals.
The real truth is, Google can do as it pleases, and it pleases me that they want to get it right. Still, SMX was the best web business ethics debate I had ever attended. I look to hear more from both sides.
In the meantime, I think much of the community has a bit of brown mud splashed upon its proverbial white hat.