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  (Source: Computer World)
Will demote Chrome's search page-ranking for 60 days

In the wake of revelations that bloggers were paid to promote Google's Chrome browser, (violating its own policy regarding paid links) the company is now punishing itself by lowering rankings of Chrome's webpage in its search engine.

"We've investigated and are taking manual action to demote www.google.com/chrome and lower the site's PageRank for a period of at least 60 days," a Google spokesman told Computer World.

In the past, Google has taken action against others, such as JC Penney, for essentially spamming its search results with paid-for links.

"While Google did not authorize this campaign, and we can find no remaining violations of our webmaster guidelines, we believe Google should be held to a higher standard, so we have taken stricter action than we would against a typical site," the spokesman said.

Chrome recently snagged the top spot in the web-browser wars worldwide. Whether the two-month self-punishment will affect its momentum is certainly something to keep an eye on.

Source: Computer World


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RE: That's rich.
By cbf on 1/11/2012 2:40:30 PM , Rating: 3
Do you have a source for this, frankly, unbelievable claim concerning Microsoft?

Can you describe exactly what was done to "slow" the other browsers down?


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