Is Google’s Spam Fight a Sham?

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Matt Cutts comments on an InformationWeek article entitled:

Is Google’s Spam Fight a Sham?

Google may say it fights spam but I'm beginning to have my doubts. A recent post on Google's Webmaster Central blog offers advice on how to build "startpages." What is a "startpage"? "Basically, it's a Web page with a lot of links about a specific topic," explain Selina & Jos, two members of Google's Search Quality Team in Dublin. So here's the question: How is a "startpage" different from a "doorway page"?

Meh.

I've always though "doorway page" is a stupid term. A page is a page, and its either useful or it's not. I'm not sure any of those definitions in the article are useful when it comes to describing what is or isn't spam.

Anyways, Matt replys:

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/commen...laburns-piece/