lucy24 - 10:45 pm on Feb 15, 2013 (gmt 0)

With Google being such a driver of traffic and income for online business, and also playing games with backlink related penalties, the idea of restricting who can link to your site certainly has some appeal, doesn't it? Seems like either Google should either stop this BS, or websites should get the legal right to stop unwanted links.

Uhmm... Er...

:: racking brains ::

:: searching for correct wording ::

Uh...

Has everyone gone stark staring bonkers?

Given entities A, B and C.

Entity B engages in an activity involving entity C. Knowledge and/or consent of Entity C is not deducible from available evidence. Entity A disapproves of entity B's behavior, and responds by taking action which is intended to be detrimental to entity C.

Solution: Enact legislation which makes entity C responsible for policing the behavior of entity B.

Huh?