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Google is a Mafia.

Let us try to see both sides of this issue. Google offers a valuable service which is expensive to operate. It is therefore reasonable that they should be reimbursed for this effort.

Also, Google is faced with the explosion of sites and content on the web. With innovations such as on-line videos, social software and blog farms, the number of pages and posts to keep track of has become astronomical. It is therefore necessary for the indexing mechanism to select only those pages which are actually viewed by a significant number of visitors.

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 basic orientation is commercial, whereas money inevitably corrupts. Those with money pay experts in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) to boost their Google ratings. 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 useful 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 which will open up web access for legitimate small-scale websites. One such alternative might be [[GING]].

==See also==
*[[GING|GING is not Google]]
*[[RainDog's Second Rant]]
*[[Scwewy Wabbit]]

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