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So unethical tactics ARE welcomed by Yahoo! ??????

Robert Carnegie 2009 1st Feb 2010

Maybe they have an unethical SEO tactics unit that can help you SEO for a fee......

When is search engine optimisation not unethical?

Well...

I think, if you write a Web page that is the answer to someone's question (which is how I use a search engine, but not by writing a question but by choosing words which I expect to find in the answer on some web page... this sounds circular but it isn't), then choosing words carefully to increase the chance that someone who wants to find a web page like yours, will find yours with a search engine - that's reasonable.

On the other hand, when you want to find a review of the Acme Pneumatic Can Opener ($99), and what you find is 1000 online merchants all going, "Acme Pneumatic Can Opener ($99). Buy Now. Write the first review of Acme Pneumatic Can Opener ($99)" - oh, that's annoying.

Sometimes there are technology magazine sites online where you can read independent reviews of Acme Pneumatic Can Opener ($99), and sometimes there aren't. Particularly for a nothing brand name like "Assembled China, May Endanger".

Maybe those no-names are the products not to buy in any case. But sometimes you get a genuine useful bargain.