All Narfed Up photography and words by Bryan Villarin

What exactly is the big deal? Matt wouldn’t be the first let alone the last to do this.

At least he doesn’t put 100 diffrent keywords on ever page at font size 1, with white text on a white background.

People should be able to take advantage of Google’s page rank system however they want because:

A. Other people will
B. Google stands a very low chance of catching these other people

Does one wrong make a right? I suppose not. Does that stop people though? No.

And it’s not like this is anything new…

Posted by Anthony on 1 April 2005 @ 1pm

They way I look at it, Google is blaming others for problems with their own system. I think Google should fix their system, and take the incentive out.

Posted by Christopher Baus on 1 April 2005 @ 2pm

Googles whole set up - greatly enhanced since the IPO - is geared to make money. They know what goes on and Blogger is the worst offender. Matt outwitted them. Thats why they are in a huff. Incidentally I have just read their terms and I cant see what the kerfuffle is about. What the heck is *deliberately generated content* ? Furthermore what does the CSS rule display:hidden do ?

Posted by Root on 1 April 2005 @ 5pm

Deliberately generated content? That’s too easy… Anything that is on the site but has no logical reason for being on the site.

Posted by Anthony on 1 April 2005 @ 5pm

And who is going to determine the logical reason for a post on my site. You ?

Posted by Root on 3 April 2005 @ 5pm