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SEO And Freedom of Speech – Random Stories From the Republic of Bananas

Posted on 09. Sep, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

August 28- ITALIAN REGULATORS INVESTIGATE GOOGLE

The Plot: Italian Publishers filed a complaint to the equivalent of the Italian FTC claiming that Google is abusing its dominant position on the Internet to deny them a fair share of online advertising revenue.

And how do they back-up their assumption? By saying that, if you as a publisher opt-out of Google News, Google will penalize you with a poor ranking…

That’s not because they are clueless about SEO, right? Let’s see: besides showing that they ignore even the basics, they now pretend that  it is in their right to know and master Google editorial policy, so that they can get more money. Cough… Cough…

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