Pico_Train - 7:46 pm on May 16, 2007 (gmt 0)

Manipulating visibility is manipulating visibility.

Bread is bread.

Selling links, ahem ads, ahem traffic, ahem visibility, is selling links.

Buying links for buying traffic and/or visibility be it to get on the first page in normal results or in the paid advertising section is buying links.

Oh yeah, tobacco companies don't manipulate nicotine levels in cigarettes either. Nobody tampers with their own product to increase sales do they?