Re: Google removed links
This has turned into a great discussion. As far as the actual copyright issue, we are suing them (and publishing everything they did so everyone knows about it... lol). The site was just a regular web site so it could be indexed by the search engines easily.
What really got me was that they used it to show customers how good they were. Now I'm emailing their clients with the truth. Even worse, they are a local competitor. Their office isn't more than 20 miles away from mine.
And I do believe they were using black-hat techniques against me. I rechecked everything and my reciprocals aren't that many. I had also already changed much of the linking to different types of text.
Peter, I liked your marketing comment, and I'm not dependent on Google. In fact, most of our business comes from mail marketing, not the Internet. And whatever business we've lost is short-term. I believe we will get it back when these guys go under.
Colin, I've thought of that myself, but I try to think of what Jesus would do. I know if we just keep the upright, moral path, we will win out in the end.
Ty
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