willybfriendly - 5:20 am on Feb 5, 2009 (gmt 0)

Another example of Google shaping the web and how linking (the fundimental flow of the web) should work was rel=nofollow.

Yes, that was a real eye opener - even more so when they started expanding upon the originally stated intent/use, things like "paid links", PR sculpting and such.

It was probably at that point where I started developing a healthy suspicion of the company. I suspect that what is legal or illegal now may come under increasing scrutiny and/or regulation in the future. Monopolies are not looked on favorably in many areas of the world, including the US. MS stands as only one example.

Google has fundamentally altered the net in any number of ways, virtually all self serving when one looks closely...