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Originally Posted by Peter (IMC)
That's not fair... And it's like saying that if the police would respond more if people called them there would be less crime. (which is not true unless you want to live in a police state).
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If Google responded more efficiently to black hat techniques (whether algorithmically or when webmasters reported them) then there would be far fewer people attempting to employ black hat techniques. That would level the playing field for us all. I agree that we don't need a "police state" but how many sites do you see in the top ten that don't even comply to G's guidelines?! G could tighten the net a lot more before it gets anywhere near to a "police state".
The argument about building a site for the SE versus the user comes up on a regular basis here. I don't really understand why? None of us make sites purely for one or the other, we make sites for both! Whats the point in building a site purely for the user if you haven't got any?