Hi Dave,

I'm sorry, I thought I was being clear. Here goes again:

(1) We should be free to block whatever IPs we feel necessary, without fear of penalty from Google (probably this is moot anyway, given the clarification from Matt Cutts).

(2) Google should allow us to specify the countries we intend to restrict through IP blocking.

(3) Google would then have the ability to protect their SERPs (their purported reason for disapproving of IP blocking) by not showing our sites to visitors from the countries we specified.

RESULT: Google protects its SERPs and we continue to protect our sites through IP blocking.

Did I get it this time?

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