Google at SES

Bubo · 12-12-2003, 11:53 AM

Just got this link from PhilC's forum.

http://webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=9888

While the highlight article is that Google has officially apologized for the "roller coaster" of results, what has caught my interest most is the "Who's in Charge?" section.

Quote:

Who's in Charge Here? Another interesting question came from a man named Dave. Dave is the owner of http://www.ProPools.com. He asked whether he should provide info regarding pools and product research on his main website or on a separate informational site that would then lead to a sales site. This is an important question, and it provided some intriguing responses:

The Google representatives claim Google has no bias against commercial results -- which most people wouldn't buy at this point.

Jon Glick, senior manager for web search at Yahoo, said, "Keep the information within your site. We view the tactic of having separate informational and commercial sites as being 'bait and switch.'"

What do people think about this comment on separate business and informational sites?

**John Scott** · 12-12-2003, 02:59 PM

Search engines trying to dictate how people build their sites..

glengara · 12-13-2003, 09:49 AM

Not sure about the Y! guy's comment, unless he meant a free entry informational site then switching to commercial content.....

Marcel · 12-15-2003, 01:34 AM

No offense, but isn't a business/commercial site supposed to be informational as well? I agree with John, search engines are getting too dictatorial these days...

janeth · 12-15-2003, 05:28 AM

Also that was Yahoo that said that and right now all they do is copy Google.

So if all your doing is copying seems to me you have very little say anyway.