Google Starts Its Own SEO Firm?

Thinker1

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Charles Harper

Interesting, yes?

NewsWire - Google to Enter SEO Business Facebook to Follow

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Lou Diamond

14 years ago

Hello,
on the surface it sounds like a conflict of interest.

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sdentrepreneur 14 years ago

Very interesting, thanks for sharing link....
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John Romaine

14 years ago

Gee, I dont know what to think of this. This could have a very negative impact on a LOT of businesses offering SEO services.

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Mike Anthony 14 years ago

Originally Posted by ramone_johnny

Gee, I dont know what to think of this. This could have a very negative impact on a LOT of businesses offering SEO services.

Would have a negative impact on all of internet marketing. Even if you do not personally use SEO for traffic you will find yourself competing against people and companies that only need to have deep pockets to get a lion share of whatever niche you are in.
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Marhelper

14 years ago

How is that not a conflict of interest? I suppose they will own every major top spot ... maybe that would be too obvious.

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Mega B

14 years ago

That has to be seen as bad news for alot of people who work in this sector but they also say competition is good in this case i think it will be all one sided and Google i fear will not be the losers.

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14 years ago

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Mike Anthony

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

I may be thinking of the words "conflict of interest" with a different meaning from others here, but in what sense is this a conflict of interest? What are the interests that conflict? It sounds more like diversification of income, to me.?

The interest that would be in conflict is the stated interest of google to present the most relevant and useful content - Not the content most bolstered by cash. Thats why they have always identified sponsored listings form the natural resutls.

In essence the lack of a sponsored listing disclosure on the natural results would be deceptive, a conflict of that interest and result in an uncompetitive market in whatever niche they worked "SEO" on.

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Matt Bard 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

People who can identify and can afford to use consistently the best professional SEO services get the highest organic rankings anyway, don't they?

Right. It's already determined by more factors than "most relevant" and most of it is paid for one way or another.

Buying backlinks, hiring SEO consultants, companies, learning "tricks" in here...it never has been about the highest quality or best information.

If the Pope wrote an article and submitted it to EzineArticles and wanted "Most Views" he could just make an appeal to all of the Catholics in the World.

The actual content and quality of that content wouldn't matter as much as exterior factors.

Same with Google's search results. Look at all of the sites that get to the first page because of backlinks and knowing the right keyword density.

Again, it's more important to know how to get listed than the quality of the content.

I've used this analogy before but I'll say it again, if a Nobel Award winning author wrote an article on what makes great literature, it still does not guarantee a top spot for the keyword phrase "what makes great literature".

Any monkey with enough money to hire an SEO firm could beat out the World's greatest writer.

That has been the case all along as far as "relevancy" in search results.

Now that Google has done the best branding job ever, (is a word in the dictionary and a verb) they are going to cash in on it.

I would. Wouldn't you?
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gabibeowulf

14 years ago

I'm keeping my eyes open for Google to launch a WSO here ...

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Originally Posted by gabibeowulf

I'm keeping my eyes open for Google to launch a WSO here ...

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HA HA HA! Good one!
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Mike Anthony

14 years ago

Anybody else running that story? Haven't seen it anywhere else. If this is true its just a sneaky way of getting sites listed at the top of the results without having to disclose that its a sponsored listing. No SEO company can compete with Google. No one but them have full access to their algorithm.

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Sarah Russell

14 years ago

Wow... That would really change the playing field, although I'd like to see it confirmed by more than one news source.

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- mojojuju 14 years ago
  
  I don't believe it, not without a credible source.
  
  I'll consider it when the Wall Street Journal picks up the story. But as long as NewsWire is the only place reporting it, it's just another rumor as far as I'm concerned.
  
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Mike Anthony

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Sarah Russell

Wow... That would really change the playing field, although I'd like to see it confirmed by more than one news source.

I'm starting to disbelieve this. Apparently anyone can become a reporter on this site. This was released over ten hours ago and there is no whisper in the news or blogs about it. It also states no sources and its not a real news piece as the latter part of it reads like an opinion piece

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Dan C. Rinnert

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Mike Anthony

I'm starting to disbelieve this. Apparently anyone can become a reporter on this site. This was released over ten hours ago and there is no whisper in the news or blogs about it. It also states no sources and its not a real news piece as the latter part of it reads like an opinion piece

You beat me to it. I was just going to say that this "news" site essentially looks like an article directory.

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mojojuju 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert

You beat me to it. I was just going to say that this "news" site essentially looks like an article directory.

Newswire.com is like the Ezinearticles.com of news.

Just remember folks: if you read it on the internet, then it must be true.

After all, there are protocols in place to prevent any false information from being published on the internet. It's not like any person off the street can just publish a story on NewsWire.
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rapidscc

14 years ago

I hate to say this but if that news is true it
could mean the end of SEO as we know it.

Sad....

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Raydal

14 years ago

Well, if this is true then it means that there will no longer be
any organic search results anymore. Everything will now be
paid results. BOTH the Adwords and the "organic" results will
go to the highest bidder.

Interesting ...

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Matt Bard

14 years ago

Why wouldn't they? Wouldn't you if it were your search engine?

Always funny when marketers get bent out of shape when somebody else does something to make more money.

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bydomino

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Matt M

Why wouldn't they? Wouldn't you if it were your search engine?

Always funny when marketers get bent out of shape when somebody else does something to make more money.

Well everyone has to choose where they make their money. Google makes way more in their current position. If they entered this market then it could get them in to a lawsuit and cause them the great reputation they have.

I am also in the camp of is this really real or not. If this was a "real story" and I hope it is not. It would seem many more news worthy folks would have the drop on it.

Common sense tells me that Google would hurt the little folks (us) that help make them the giant that they are. Google has always been a supporter of the little guys.

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Underground SEO

14 years ago

hmmmm interesting, however, I'm not too worried, if the service is going to cost around $25,000 a month then affiliate marketers etc should still be fine if they are targeting niches. As nobody is going to spend that amount of money to dominate a niche, they would barely earn enough in return!

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agc

14 years ago

This storm cloud could have a silver lining.

If Google is doing SEO then it surely would serve as a guide to what practices are ACCEPTABLE, and could serve as the basis for any number of legal challenges to their supposed right to delist sites for supposed infractions.

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Matt Bard 14 years ago

Originally Posted by agc

...legal challenges to their supposed right to delist sites for supposed infractions.

Why wouldn't they be allowed to delist anyone they wanted to?

They own it. It's their property. Getting listed in the first place is a privilege not a right.
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scrofford

14 years ago

Bunch of crap if you ask me! I think that Google needs to stop with this! It is a conflict of interest at the very least! What good would come out of it even for Google? Charging $25,000 per month won't get them many customers, so why would they do this at all?

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Fernando Veloso

14 years ago

Quote from The article: NewsWire - Google to Enter SEO Business Facebook to Follow

However, the fact remains that Google SEO will be the only SEO agency in the world that can guarantee first page rankings because they are the only company that will have access to the algorithm that dictates it.

Need to say more?

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Mike Anthony

14 years ago

Its beginning to be debunked. Looks like a false alarm. Knew it sounded suspect.

Google Gets Into The SEO Consulting Business | Search Engine Journal

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John Romaine

14 years ago

Tell you one thing....

As soon as I find out what sites (if theres any truth to this whole story at all) are using Googles SEO services to rank 1st position - Ill be studying them BIG TIME, to find out exactly what theyre doing!

(insert evil laugh here)

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Daniel Molano

14 years ago

If they do this they will be shooting themselves on the foot. But we don't know for sure, this article is not a realiable source.

I remember speaking with John Farrel, the CEO of Google Mexico about 3 months ago, and I asked him: "Why doesn't Google enter or sponsor someone in the SEO business?" He answered something along the lines of: "Because it's the antithesis of our entire philosophy, we provide the users with the best and most relevant results, not commercial results with the fattest wallet".

They got to where they are because of that philosophy.

I have a meeting with him next Tuesday, I'll let you guys know what's up.

Google will go down if they do this. Everyone, including myself, will move to Yahoo or Bing.

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Mike Anthony 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Daniel Molano

Google will go down if they do this.

They won't. They Have their cash machine (adwords). It works, people are used to it and it doesn't give a window of great PR for Bing and Yahoo to get more market share.

Once you get to think about it it makes no sense. IF they wanted the extra cash without the bad PR they just have to put one or two more listings at the top of the natural results and charge premium for it. End of story.
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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Daniel Molano

If they do this they will be shooting themselves on the foot. But we don't know for sure, this article is not a realiable source.

I remember speaking with John Farrel, the CEO of Google Mexico about 3 months ago, and I asked him: "Why doesn't Google enter or sponsor someone in the SEO business?" He answered something along the lines of: "Because it's the antithesis of our entire philosophy, we provide the users with the best and most relevant results, not commercial results with the fattest wallet".

They got to where they are because of that philosophy.

I have a meeting with him next Tuesday, I'll let you guys know what's up.

Google will go down if they do this. Everyone, including myself, will move to Yahoo or Bing.

The meeting got moved for tomorrow. I'll definitely let you guys know if this is true.

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chini

14 years ago

If this was true, google will eventually go out of business. Why?
The people who pay for top position would most likely NOT be the most relevant results.
I doubt its true though

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MarkAse

14 years ago

Google has said that PR is either going away, or that they wish it would.

Why would they then be talking about SEO services to improve PR, they would certainly know that SERPS matter and that PR doesn't.

I don't see any quotes or anything from Google, to me this looks like a classic link bait post!

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butters 14 years ago

This will destroy SEO in BIG or fairly big markets... Niches markets will be untouched by this and will make no difference to them markets. So it will destroy some of the people on the net but wont destroy little niches.
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Shaun Lee

14 years ago

I'm pretty sure the results that come up are still highly relevant.

Besides, the real customers of Google are the users. If they manipulate the top listings, users will naturally go to another search engine, which means Google's demise.

-Shaun

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FredJones 14 years ago

Pah - Google will leave the search domain and enter the browse domain if they do this. Well, not in theory, but for all practical purposes.

And it will be a rich-getting-richer game.

I have my serious doubts - if I was Google I would never do it unless I was at my final step of being thrown out of the search business andd had to make whatever moolah I could make at the last moment.

Folks, at this moment my intuition says we are safe.
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RCormacko

14 years ago

This should be illegal. It is like insider trading.

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rehema

14 years ago

This iverg good of google because we can see that they are keeping up with the competion that is out there. But the question and the worry remainsw

Are they going to corp with the competitions ? yes they might be because of the giant search engine that they own But will this be by being very biase to the sites that are using their services ?

No very sure but I can see something like this.

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John Romaine

14 years ago

I pig just fly by my window here.

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14 years ago

Wow I do not think this is ture source ... But may the best wins

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DogScout

14 years ago

Google is not the only search engine, nor the only source of traffic. Being one page one does not solve a business' traffic woes if they have a 98% bounce rate.

IF the story is true, I would be willing to guess less and less people would use them. Once upon a time, they were the geeks choice. They are fast becoming 'the man'. Could be true as once said in this forum no one would be able to kill them, but they can kill themselves.

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tonyaphx

14 years ago

Newswire is just a press release. If this were true you would find this news in more places other than Newswire.

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Jagged

14 years ago

I'm thinking it's a false alarm.....probably started by Bing or Yahoo to draw some new customers...lol

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Nick Brighton

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Matt M

Why wouldn't they? Wouldn't you if it were your search engine?

Always funny when marketers get bent out of shape when somebody else does something to make more money.

Come back and say that when in six month's time, you're looking for a simple answer or interesting piece of content from the web, but Google only shows you corporate, capitalist listings designed to extract money from your wallet.

Look beyond IM. Look at the future of using the web. It would be the digital equivalent of going to the library and having to pay to enter.

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Tom B Banned 14 years ago

I don't believe the story.

If it were true I would have to agree with Alexa. I don't understand the conflict of interest.

Especially when you consider most top rankings were not achieved "naturally".
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Matt Bard

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Nick Brighton

but Google only shows you corporate, capitalist listings designed to extract money from your wallet.

Look beyond IM. Look at the future of using the web. It would be the digital equivalent of going to the library and having to pay to enter.

You don't see it now? Knowing what you know about who gets listed on the front page, if you needed reliable information that you could trust, would you use the information you find on the front page of Google or would you do a little more research?

I go to the library on the web. I know how to research for answers that I need. I don't pay for it now. I didn't have to pay to get a library card offline either.

This is the same thing they said when Yahoo started charging for listings "oh my God, it's the end of the World as we know it".

Anyone that relies on Google for important information deserves what they find.

Just like going to EzineArticles to look up medical information. I can't believe that they accept articles from Joe Nobody on "how to do anything".

Google, and the other search engines for that matter, are only good for quick, unimportant, and infotainment type results.

How long have you been a member here? Haven't you read all of the SEO stuff telling you how to get on the front page?

Nobody has to know a damn thing about the subject when it comes to getting on the front page of Google.

All you need to know about Google is keywords and backlinks.

I personally think that Google is probably the most overrated thing that has happened in our culture in the past 10 years.

It wouldn't change my business income if they start listing all of their "corporate" buddies or not.

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Originally Posted by Nick Brighton

Look beyond IM. Look at the future of using the web. It would be the digital equivalent of going to the library and having to pay to enter.

It would be more like going to the library and only being able to read catalogs, flyers, and classified ads.
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  (According to Wikipedia) - A conflict of interest (COI) occurs when an individual or organization is involved in multiple interests, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation for an act in the other.
  
  In this case being able to pay for top listings in the organic search results would corrupt the motivation of providing the most relevant sites.
  
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gsuccess 14 years ago

If this is true, It may affect IM in a big way, but let us keep our fingers crossed and wait for more information on this.
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Brad Gosse

14 years ago

My sources at Google tell me this is just a rumor.

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kindsvater 14 years ago

Amazing how many gullible people there are.

And the 'headline' notes ... Facebook to follow. How is Facebook going to start an SEO firm? Nothing in the article about it.

The 'author's' profile is that she is " Workign on a research report addressing the issue of teh impact of divorce on children. "

Just look at her great portfolio of articles ... complete crap on an amazing variety of topics she knows nothing about.

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JasonP

14 years ago

Won't affect guys like me simply because my customer base isn't prepared to shell out $25,000 a month. But seriously in my opinion this looks FAKE.

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eiilers

14 years ago

This is a load of crap. And would mean suicide for Google... Because honestly, people would not use Google anymore if they did this and would switch back to Bing or Yahoo. Die hard google users are people who use them for the relevant results. If all the results were sponsored, they would not be relevant anymore.

This article completely contradicts other articles I have seen written by Cutt's. It's a bunch of hog-wash.

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Zach Booker

14 years ago

Using common sense FTL.

Think about it a little.

Too bad it isn't true. Wouldn't mind plopping down 25k to be #1 for **** berry.

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JohnMcCabe

14 years ago

Even though it's likely to be a sham...

Originally Posted by ccmusicman

It would be like me owning a fishing pond, holding a fishing tournament, and then turning around and offering the highest bidder, on the day of the tournament, showing them all the best fishing spots with the biggest fish!

They are practically guaranteed to win.

Not good Google.

Rob

Rob, it would be more like that actual cheating that sometimes happens in fishing tournaments. The cheater pays their money and gets the location of a sunken cage containing large fish. They go to the location, pull up the cage, and "catch" the fish.

That's why many of the big tournaments require an observer from the tournament to be present to verify the catch. It doesn't stop all the shenanigans, but it takes care of most...

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

I may be thinking of the words "conflict of interest" with a different meaning from others here, but in what sense is this a conflict of interest? What are the interests that conflict? It sounds more like diversification of income, to me.

I'm not sure that's not true now anyway, to some extent? People who can identify and can afford to use consistently the best professional SEO services get the highest organic rankings anyway, don't they?

Is the problem just that Google will supposedly be better at doing it than anyone else?

I've been surprised they haven't done this before.

Again, what would be the interests that conflict, if you did that? It sounds like a profit maximization plan, to me. Google are surely running their business for the benefit of their stockholders, just as you would run your fishing pond for your own benefit?

Alexa, the conflict comes from the premise that in conducting a tournament, all of the entrants have a chance to win the prize and they pay an entry fee to participate.

Maybe "conflict of interest" is the wrong term. "Fraud" would be more accurate from the tourney holder's end (and Google's)...

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madison_avenue

14 years ago

For searchers this will destroy the aura of credibility and trust which Google has built up. The adwords listings on the right are to an extent "invisible", if you want them to be(you can ignore them).Whereas there is a perceived integrity to the organic results, which becomes contaminated if there was a price tag of $25,000 to be listed. Searchers would be aware of the payment made to Google, the listings would then not be deemed as "results" but "adverts".

What you have then is not Google but an "online Yellow pages". Does Google really want that want? I don't think so,it jars with, and subverts their business model. Competitors could step in and offer genuine "free" organic listings. It's not going to happen which company want's to undermine it's business model? And $25,000 is way to cheap for top postion in a lot of industries anyway, some companies would pay $5 million dollars for it!

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Midas3 Consulting

14 years ago

Never let the facts get in the way of a good story....

This nobody probably has more views to this article than anything she's ever written x 10.

There's a lesson there in being controversial , especially on topics of rampant interest.

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GeorgR.

14 years ago

In addition, early estimates place the cost of this service in the neighborhood of $25,000 per month.

/whistle....

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Michael Nguyen

14 years ago

Seems like it's all hype:

SEO Industry Cries Foul Over Google SEO ‘Services’

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Steve Holmes

14 years ago

Well....

This is what happens when anything has TOO MUCH power. They don't need us anymore?

If true, it may be a way for engines like Bing to actually claw some market share if they annoy the IMers, should a boycott take place. Why optimise for Google if you had no chance for traffic?

Content online only stays relevant for an ever decreasing period of time, due to technology expanding exponentially.

They should not bite the hand that feeds them..

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Tom B

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by healymedia

The idea that it isn't a conflict because Google offering SEO services is no different than any company offering SEO services is severely flawed.

The only flaw I see is the assumptions that Google would place the highest bid at the top.

Google (this is hypothetical since the story seems bogus at best) helping others with SEO doesn't necessarily mean those clients would get top spots.

It would be just like Google allowing the highest bids on PPC. We all know it doesn't work like that.

Since this is a bogus story, I am not really interested in continuing a debate over something that isn't even true.

So please continue...

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Tom B

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by healymedia

Isn't it a bit naive to think that top spots isn't exactly what Google would offer? If that wasn't the case why on Earth would anyone ever use their services?

You are correct. What was I thinking?

I gotta go and big $100 on **** to send visitors to a dating offer. I should be the highest bidder on that term so it would be naive to think Google would not accept my offer.

Oh, and since Google isn't in SEO we are all making assumptions. Including you...

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Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by healymedia

Do you have anything other than smart ass responses? You can jump to scams and crap like **** if you want, but it's short sighted.

Here's a hypothetical for you:

I am a site owner and my site SiteA.com is a completely legit site. My competitor SiteB.com also has a completely legit site. We both have great content and all the positives. Normally, we are on even ground as far as SEO and pushing for those top spots goes.
Until SiteB.com decides to shell out the money to use Google's in house SEO service.

Is the playing field still even? Could I, or you, as the owner of SiteA.com have any reason to actually trust that our site would get equal consideration for search results as a site that is being SEO'd by the SE itself?

That's what it's about. Not people selling **** berries.

Oh, and if you read my first post you'll see I clearly acknowledged that he article wasn't real.

You are correct once again. I should be taking a debate about a fictitious service more seriously.

The service isn't real. How do you know what type of service they would supply if they were to get into the SEO game?

You don't.

You are making assumptions just like everyone else. You are just getting upset because I called you on it.

I doubt they would load up the link love like other SEO companies. How is spamming blogs for back links organic?

I have no idea what you are referring to when it comes to scams on ****. I think you totally missed my point when it came to out bidding other companies for the term **** and directing them to a dating offer.

Google wouldn't allow it. In fact, they would allow a lower bidder top position if it was in their user's best interest.

So how do you know they wouldn't take the same approach if they offered SEO services?

You just assumed they would take the money and run when they really haven't done that yet.

Do you actually think they will write content for particular keywords? hehe

Besides, this isn't a real service if you haven't got that point yet.

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Daniel Molano

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Thomas Belknap

The only flaw I see is the assumptions that Google would place the highest bid at the top.

Google (this is hypothetical since the story seems bogus at best) helping others with SEO doesn't necessarily mean those clients would get top spots.

It would be just like Google allowing the highest bids on PPC. We all know it doesn't work like that.

Since this is a bogus story, I am not really interested in continuing a debate over something that isn't even true.

So please continue...

As stated by Matt here: SEO Industry Cries Foul Over Google SEO 'Services'

Google has already been doing what you describe since 1999, for free.

Even if they start charging for the on site SEO only, it would be a questionable practice at best.

The bad PR generated by such an action would definitely make Google lose quite a lot of market share.

Just like sensationalist propaganda can make a politician lose an election (regardless of the truth behind the accusations).

In short, Google cannot get involved with SEO as a business practice, only provide free basic advice such as the site clinics.

Anyway, I highly doubt this will ever happen. The people from Google know what they're doing.

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NiyazK

14 years ago

If this is true then google will become like a monopoly and ofcourse it would surely rank it clients.

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Gladiator

14 years ago

If this was true Google would have called me! :-)

Andre

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Quentin

14 years ago

I posted the question on the Google forum and this is what I got.

There's no way to officially confirm this but appears to be accurate. They have managed to keep the build up quiet by opening a new Google SEO building in a tucked away location. So out of the way there was no decent staff accommodation and corporations being what they are, they tied up with a hotel chain sponsor to supply that.

One of the building workers managed to grab an image of the hotel block with a Google staffer just on their way in:

http://www.caterersearch.com/blogs/c...the%20Moon.JPG

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Lee Wilson

14 years ago

Even if it were true, so what? If they employed 1,000 people and took advantage of their knowledge of the algorithm, it would probably take them years to cause a big problem with the millions of keywords that various marketers are ranking for.

Whatsmore, companies with the biggest budgets, the kind that would use such a service, are often the most clueless when it comes to advertising. They'd probably go straight for the shortest tail keywords with the smallest conversions. Look at the big companies using PPC, massive budgets, and all going after keywords that are of no threat to most of the marketers in this forum. You wouldn't even call it competition.

Personally, I couldn't care less, I stopped worrying about such pointless things years ago. Whether it's Google or anyone else, online or offline, all businesses have to be prepared to adapt.

Lee

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nlegacy

14 years ago

Has anyone seen the google ad for "Free Google Listing"? I have a business website with adsense that targets topics like seo, marketing, and stuff like that. Today, I saw a banner at the top of my site advertising Google free listing service. This made me panic because I was looking forward to going fulltime offering listing service to local businesses. Since a lot of people are making good cash doing this, it makes me wonder if Google is going to kill this as an offline income stream. Here's a picture of it...

I don't spend a lot of time posting here (I mostly buy products and read threads) so I can't put an image up, but if you want to see the image I put it up on a free site. I put an address below and maybe another member will display the actual image...

somethingyoumightwanttoknow.webs.com/photos/imgad.jpg

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rakesh.iseo1

14 years ago

Thanks for sharing this article. If this happened, then i think it will effect on the other SEO firms.

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woodymcgrath

14 years ago

I doubt this is legit. Anyone can post false news and syndicate it through sites like Newswire. Unless it is from a legit source like a major publishing firm, I wouldn't think too much of it.

Besides as someone else has mention, it is a MAJOR conflict of interest

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W2L

14 years ago

Ohhhh this is just like having Banks regulate themselves....

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sandyny

14 years ago

Thanks for the link!

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Dennis Gaskill 14 years ago

This story is true!!! I'm on the "team" that will provide the SEO services. Google is going to teach me all about their algorithm. Yeah, me and 1,000 people. Of course everyone will keep it a secret . . . except me, cause I love me some Warriors.

Watch for my next WSO:
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Yep, y'all better start buttering me up right fast.
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williamrs

14 years ago

Google, Google, Google and Google. Blogger, AdWords, AdSense, Analytics, News, GMail, FeedBurner... Monopoly. This is the word that best describes internet's current situation. Is it good? I don't think so. Is it possible to change this situation? Hardly.

Now, I have PPC campaigns with Google and Yahoo!, and have run a few campaigns with Bing in the past. The only thing I can say is that Google is by far the best of them. It's 100% possible to make money with other PPC platforms and search engines, but it's impossible to deny the fact that Google beats all its competitors.

Now a SEO company. I think it's terrible. They create the rules, (only) they know the rules. How can other SEO companies compete against Google? Maybe the small ones will survive, because Google's services will be expensive, but it's still terrible for everybody who owns a SEO company.

William

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packjack

14 years ago

If they provide SEO then its good for webmasters as there SEO secret will leak sooner or later

I believe new WSO on this will be available soon.

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fred67

14 years ago

Has anyone with 'Real' Facebook knowledge checked out if that's a genuine account?

in the UK at least, we're always getting bombarded by 'Spam Phonecalls' from telesales staff 'saying' they are a GOOGLE business which can 'Guarantee' a TOP SPOT! in the Google search engine.

If you engage them, it transpires that for a great deal of money they will get you to number one by BUYING their way to the top by 'bidding' for you on Adsense as well as supposedly editing your SEO.

Is this just a coincidence maybe?

(They get short shrift from me these days :-)

Pete.

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kikolani 14 years ago

Matt Cutts just responded to the rumors with this tweet...

More to debunk the "Google to enter SEO business" myth: http://goo.gl/d6Qy Someone at NewsWire thought April Fools = real

The link is to this article which explains how everything got started - April Fools Joke 27 Days Later.

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badboy_Nick

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Charles Harper

Interesting, yes?

NewsWire - Google to Enter SEO Business Facebook to Follow

CT

Conflict of interest, anyone?

I wonder how much they charge as they are the ones making up the rules for SEO in the first place.

Nick

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kkchoon

14 years ago

Fool... I hate April Fools Joke!

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hotftuna

14 years ago

If Google gets into the SEO biz, do you think that they will pay for links?

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Groovystar

14 years ago

I was scanning down this thread to see if someone finally posted the link debunking this crazy little thing. Google would've been digging its own grave to try a stunt like this. They're dealing with being on the cusp of serious legal issues as it is pertaining to their virtual monopoly. This would be suicide.

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maggilane

13 years ago

They are the big one in this field , and they are doing it but you know it can create some problem for the new one who want to work or want to open their seo firm. because only name sell in this world.

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somebody113

13 years ago

seems like old news now

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Cloudzz

13 years ago

Im guessing this was all just a rumour...

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Jay Moreno

13 years ago

???? dont see the story anywhere??

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Jeremy Banks

13 years ago

wasn't this an april fools joke gone bad?

use your head people

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thebitbotdotcom

13 years ago

Absolutely NOT! This is definitely a conflict of interest! If Google jumps in the SEO arena, then they will dominate their own search results.

If they are so bold as to implement this, then their results will immediately be in question.

Organic results will not exist. Another search engine will rise to fill the void. Bottom Line.

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yukon

Banned 13 years ago

LMAO!

People still posting in this thread getting their panties in a bunch over something fake.

It doesn't take much.

D@mn you Google [shakes fist at sky].