Price-Fixing in Search Engines?

Annual fees, PPC, no fre submit - why is this happening all at once?

[seofan]

I have been a model and analyst of search engine activity and marketing since 1997. It seems very suspect that all of the search engine forces are going to a PPC or subscription model all at once.

Would you suspect price fixing or other controlled models of revenue-generation in play?

[a1call]

I would call it sheep mentality. Copy the leader they know best. Fortunately in www the world is your competitor. Services that can be offered free, Always will. Just look for the next click. There are thosands of Seach engines and directories wth free submittal. Most importantly the big g.

[seofan]

That is what disturbs us. We don't understand why we have been abandonded for following the rules.