Re: Why doesn't Google penalize Yahoo's Directory?
With those thoughts I agree - there are hundreds of spammy directories and anyone foolish enough to simply add a link without anchor text is niave.
I no longer use the Google toolbar - so I have not got the foggiest what the greenline says about mine or any other site - I am not interested.
But Google should remember one thing and one thing above all others. It has a duty of care -it is a multi billion pound business - if it starts to penalise natural search results then it will no longer reflect the very basis of the internet.
That being a place of research for day to day enquiries that should reflect those sites that have both optimised and linked in accordance with their original guidelines and therefore deliver the results based on two things. Content and Relativity to that content.
Anything else will result in a Dictator state on the Internet. People will, as the media no doubt would capitalise on - begin seeking alternative Search Engines.
Google would be well advised to read two books. Animal Farm and 1984 - both written by George Orwell
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