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Google Gods. I Need Your help…..
SEO News Source: http://www.shaunanderson.co.uk
Published: Sep 28, 2007 - 07:49 am
Story Found By: AndyBeard 2093 Days ago
Category: SEO
It seems Shaun might well fight for his right to keep his customers informed based upon Google’s vague guidelines, but what would happen if this actually becomes a libel case being prosecuted in a UK court. Could Goggle be called as an expert witness, as they are the only ones who can give evidence that might satisfy a judge or jury?
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from dannysullivan 2092 Days ago #
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Shaun might point the firm suing him here:http://www.seobook.com/archives/001522.shtmlhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/confirming-a-penalty/Matt never went to court, but he got legal clearance to make a statement that pretty much wiped out that case.

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from Hobo 2092 Days ago #
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Thanks Danny (links a bit funny) so - http://www.seobook.com/archives/001522.shtml andhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/confirming-a-penalty/

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from g1smd 2092 Days ago #
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"Google’s vague guidelines".Huh?They’re only vague if you are constantly looking for a loophole in them so you can say "well it didn’t exactly say that".Those guidelines get clearer and clearer all the time. I recently read some article that said 90% of people that call themselves SEOs are snake-oil salesman. I’m sure that was an understatement.I have no idea which SEO firm the guy is outing, but good luck to you mate. I hope you nail ’em.  

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from Hobo 2092 Days ago #
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Cheers for that. To be honest it is a frightening prospect getting more so by the day. I’ve got an opinion on something, and I’ve spoken out, and picked the fight, but each day passes and i question my motives, evidence, my own knowledge, my own history, and faith (in seo).It is such a gray area, but can you believe it gets more complicated by the day. Recent communications (not with me but another getting sued) have left me gasping. It is so unbelievable, and it’s further complicated matters (i think for seo firm!)Perhaps my idea of spammy evidence (domains, directories etc) isn’t everybody elses? How do I know what’s ethical, I’ve only been in the industry ten minutes compared to some.I don’t name the company, I didn’t finish the test (at the very beginning this was an experiment) and i’ve clearly stated in the article it’s my opinion. I’ll not even confirm if the article was about the company suing me, at this stage. One of the reasons I’m not just taking down the article is because they want money out of me, and I’m not paying THEM a penny! I’ll give double away first, even to a lawyer.

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from AndyBeard 2092 Days ago #
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I will just give an example that is on my blogOn some pages I have some quite large tag clouds. I actually allow them to grow dynamically based on the number of external links on a page.How many entries can you have in a tag cloud before Google would regard it as keyword stuffing or it starts to dilute the topical value in the main article (which is quite long)

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from graywolf 2091 Days ago #
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>They’re only vague if you are constantly looking for a loophole in them so you can say "well it didn’t exactly say that". I’m pretty sure that’s a big part of a lawyers job :-) 

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from iBrian 2089 Days ago #
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From my own experience, the lawyers who send out the defamation notices are basically working as attack dogs - they’ll try and sound as ferocious as possible, but often it’s more bark than bite. Bear that in mind and ensure you receive professional legal advice to help expose that and ensure you know what your own position is.

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