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Google is great for search… they own it, us.  But when they make it official that they punish people for something they do?

I have a problem with this.  Adwords is a cash cow for Google but when someone else tries to charge someone to place an ad on their site their page rank goes down or worse they get de-listed?

Their mantra is “Don’t be evil” but come on.  Sure - you can say “well, they arn’t forcing you to not sell links… they will just take you off their engine.”

With 65% of the search market and rising a no listing on Google can really take down a sites traffic.  Perhaps enough so that a paid ad isn’t worth putting on your page because you can’t charge more than 10 cents.

It just feels like a slap on the hand to punish us for our wrongdoings.  I’m all for better search but at what cost?  If we continue to let Google rule us what will happen next?  Your site will be de-listed if you don’t give Google your first child so they can feed it to their new algorithm that can only be powered by tender baby meat?

Come on Google, this just feels lazy. There has to be a better way to not pass on PR when someone buys a link other than punishing the seller…

I suppose if I were as powerful as Google, I’d just stop trying too.