chiyo - 7:52 am on May 23, 2002 (gmt 0)

"...As a corporate citizen, Google should be aware of this. It's bad publicity to ruin people's live's right?.."

Nope.. Google provides ways for you not to be listed if you like. They are providing you a free service, as long as it helps their index, they will in 99% of cases end up with a ranking that reflects that.

Key thing is that if your life depends on Google, please get another one! not being rude, but you have to diversify as you say.... use PPC in other engines, use Adwords.

My personal take is that chasing after PR is a futile short term game. They can change the algos at any time. Concentrate on making content that google and surfers and other webmasters like. Update frequently. Make sure you title and layout is simple and clean and that the title and sub headings and content all work together, just like any document you write. Webmasters link to you without asking becuase your content enhances their offerings to their people. Share.

Now i know that may be difficult for sites that are selling something and the more related sites you compete with the less likely you will get good links in. But expecting commercial or selling sites to sit up top of google is based on the past, not the future.

Just my very humble opinion. PR chasing is a waste of time.