Re: Hobson's choice
What interests me is yes, who and why they blacklist, but also who and why they whitelist and how that affects the ratings. From all the info Google have given, when you piece it together it goes like this: these are the people Google say they trust, then there are the people they don't trust to act in Google's interests. If the people they trust indicate they like you (backlinks) then you're rated higher. If people they don't like backlink you, they'll rate you lower. It's a massive popularity contest with Google as a beauty queen in the center. And of course, if you compete or disagree with them they'll derank you. That's just that nature of the game now. There's no democracy on the internet... (Brave new world, eh?)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
