I wonder if any of the higher-ups at google shorted/sold Ebay stock during/after the penalty...
Might be worth someone looking into.
aristotle
12:23 am on Jul 24, 2014 (gmt 0)
Please refresh my memory -- Why did Google penalize Ebay? Did they violate Google's webmaster guidelines? Also, is the penalty still in effect, and if not, why was it lifted?
Shepherd
10:12 am on Jul 24, 2014 (gmt 0)
Not sure where you're going with that Aristotle, I think that's all be discussed before.
My point is: google has the power to affect the bottom line of major, publicly traded, companies in a big ($200,000,000) way. And in turn, affect the company's stock price.
I want to know if anyone at google with knowledge of this penalty/action/algo-effect made money from the downturn of Ebay's stock price.
superclown2
12:00 pm on Jul 24, 2014 (gmt 0)
I want to know if anyone at google with knowledge of this penalty/action/algo-effect made money from the downturn of Ebay's stock price.
If they did it would be a criminal matter. I can't imagine any of them being so stupid as to do that. An interesting possibility, though, for stock price manipulation.
