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elguiri - 9:33 pm on Apr 22, 2006 (gmt 0)
Are links ever for sale on .gov of .edu sites? Can I use money to influence a politician or a government official? Can I use money to influence an exam result. Is the Pope Catholic? Does a bear... However, all things being equal, if I could influence the weights applied to different variables in the search equation, a link from .com would have a 0.3 trust multiplier and a link from a .edu a 0.6 or 0.7 Search rankings can only ever be based on best guess.
I think search engines have long dispensed with absolutes. There is no bullet-proof way to guarantee a site is trustworthy, where commerce has an interest.