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More options Aug 28 2008, 9:46 pm

From: bluegill01

Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:46:14 -0700 (PDT)

Local: Thurs, Aug 28 2008 9:46 pm

Subject: Re: Popular Picks Part Deux!

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Gissit,
That wasn't necessarily about me, that was for the housewives and
homemakers, retired folks, handicapped people, American Indians,
blacks, hispanics, common everyday folk, etc... that basically just
want to have equal opportunity on the web as elsewhere. It's in our
constitution - the land of equal opportunity. That's why the ACLU was
formed and that's what it defends - equal rights for everyone. You
can't discriminate against people of lesser means or such - else the
ACLU and other similar organizations will legally squish you. What
Google has basically done here is raise the price of entry into the
internet world. That is good in that it gets rid of some of the
scammers, but it also takes away from people that maybe want to start
a website for their local whatever. How are they supposed to compete
with others and what if they get hacked? They have no budget to pay
for an SEO team or legal staff or whatever. What then? Do we just
draw the line there and weed them out and say only people with a
yearly budget of $50,000 or more can stay? This is part of why
organizations like the ACLU, FTC, SBA, state and federal attorneys,
etc... exist. To try and keep a level playing field for all
participants regardless of handicap, age, race, religion, financial
means, etc, etc... This undoubtedly will become the biggest issue in
the internet world over the next few years as Giants like Google and
others compete for market share, advertising revenue and develop new
features and more.

On Aug 28, 8:50 pm, Aaron Pratt wrote:

> Here is another...

> Question:

> Say I sell rakes, I sell them online and depend on organic rankings to
> show up for ALL states in the US. I notice webmasters putting regional
> text on their index pages to try to influence search engines have them
> show up all over the place. So... if someone does a search for "rake
> in Alabama" they find their site. To me this is spam because it is
> done not for users but to manipulate search engines. Is there a non
> spammy way to do this without making a big, ugly, state text list with
> full intent to outrank everyone region by region? Or is this just
> smart "SEO"?

> How about tick boxes in webmasters tools where people can choose if
> their intent is nation wide or regional?

> We sell rakes to:

> * Alabama
> * Alaska
> * American Samoa
> * Arizona
> * Arkansas
> * California
> * Colorado
> * Connecticut
> * Delaware
> * District of Columbia
> * Florida
> * Georgia
> * Guam
> * Hawaii
> * Idaho
> * Illinois
> * Indiana
> * Iowa
> * Kansas
> * Kentucky
> * Louisiana
> * Maine
> * Maryland
> * Massachusetts
> * Michigan
> * Minnesota
> * Mississippi
> * Missouri
> * Montana
> * Nebraska
> * Nevada
> * New Hampshire
> * New Jersey
> * New Mexico
> * New York
> * North Carolina
> * North Dakota
> * Northern Marianas Islands
> * Ohio
> * Oklahoma
> * Oregon
> * Pennsylvania
> * Puerto Rico
> * Rhode Island
> * South Carolina
> * South Dakota
> * Tennessee
> * Texas
> * Utah
> * Vermont
> * Virginia
> * Virgin Islands
> * Washington
> * West Virginia
> * Wisconsin
> * Wyoming

> Spam?

> On Aug 26, 8:18 pm, Reid wrote:

> > Hey webmasters!

> > Seeing as how our inaugural "Popular Picks" thread was well-received
> > (http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help-Indexing/browse_...
> > ), we're at it again! Over the next two weeks, we'll provide at least
> > five substantive responses to your questions on webmaster'y topics.

> > The ground rules:
> > - Please ask questions that are likely to be of interest to webmasters
> > around the world
> > - Refrain from questions that deal with specific sites or are covered
> > by a recent blog post or in our Help Center
> > - Please don't get into in-depth discussion on each question in this
> > thread
> > - Have fun!

> > Thanks and we look forward to your questions!

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