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But even if Google had the best intentions in the world, their current situation is fundamentally unhealthy. They exercise a virtual monopoly, since their competitors are falling further and further behind. And their orientation is totally commercial, whereas money inevitably corrupts. Those with money pay experts in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) to boost their Google ratings, and this includes not only legitimate enterprises but also all of the sleeze-bag porn sellers, browser hijackers and other con-artists of the web. Meanwhile individuals or small groups trying to develop usefull or interesting content for the web, but who lack expertise in SEO manipulation, often find themselves totally excluded from the Google listings. | But even if Google had the best intentions in the world, their current situation is fundamentally unhealthy. They exercise a virtual monopoly, since their competitors are falling further and further behind. And their orientation is totally commercial, whereas money inevitably corrupts. Those with money pay experts in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) to boost their Google ratings, and this includes not only legitimate enterprises but also all of the sleeze-bag porn sellers, browser hijackers and other con-artists of the web. Meanwhile individuals or small groups trying to develop usefull or interesting content for the web, but who lack expertise in SEO manipulation, often find themselves totally excluded from the Google listings. | ||
| − | It is thus necessary to develop alternatives to Google which will ignore commercial considerations and open web | + | It is thus necessary to develop alternatives to Google which will ignore commercial considerations and which will open up web access for legitimate small-scale websites. One such alternative might be [[GING]]. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
