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    Google Boxes are BAD BAD BAD

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    4/12/2002; 2:12 PM by Jim Roepcke
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    4/12/2002; 2:12 PM by Jim Roepcke
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    These "Google Boxes" that are showing up all over the place are dumb. Why? Because they're self-fulfilling prophecies.

    When you put a Google box on your site showing the top 10 results for some word, you're artificially inflating the rankings of those 10 pages!

    I don't see any way for Google to know that they're seeing their own results and discount their value. And people thought Googlebombs were a problem...

    Stop Googleboxes now!

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    Re: Google Boxes are BAD BAD BAD ( 4/12/2002 by Bill Kearney )
    The fact that the "google narcissists" are doing this surprises you? These

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