Comments on: Web Content Creches Crunched http://www.syntagmamedia.com/2006/03/02/web-content-creches-crunched/ Politics, Finance by John Evans Sat, 17 May 2008 10:23:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John http://www.syntagmamedia.com/2006/03/02/web-content-creches-crunched/comment-page-1/#comment-542 John Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:10:59 +0000 http://www.syntagmamedia.com/2006/03/02/web-content-creches-crunched/#comment-542 That's the problem, Clive. But it's the usual trade-off. We've decided on a free internet model, so we get masses of porn. You can't have one without the other. Google has been tightening the rules on PR for a long while, but the clever "black hats" usually get round it. Offering a way to monetize content online is fair to the good guys. Maybe it's up to the public to be more discriminating on where they click. That’s the problem, Clive. But it’s the usual trade-off. We’ve decided on a free internet model, so we get masses of porn. You can’t have one without the other.

Google has been tightening the rules on PR for a long while, but the clever “black hats” usually get round it.

Offering a way to monetize content online is fair to the good guys. Maybe it’s up to the public to be more discriminating on where they click.

]]> By: Gone Away http://www.syntagmamedia.com/2006/03/02/web-content-creches-crunched/comment-page-1/#comment-541 Gone Away Fri, 03 Mar 2006 02:12:11 +0000 http://www.syntagmamedia.com/2006/03/02/web-content-creches-crunched/#comment-541 But the manipulation of Google's ranking system by the bad guys devalues that system. It becomes less than useful when worthless sites are given the same importance as genuine ones. Time for Google to have a rethink, methinks. But the manipulation of Google’s ranking system by the bad guys devalues that system. It becomes less than useful when worthless sites are given the same importance as genuine ones. Time for Google to have a rethink, methinks.

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