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NY Times story on how JC Penney gamed Google search results using "black hat" SEO to rank 1st in a number of categories during the holiday season. -- (link)

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Feb 13 '11, 19:45

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Crap like this usually gets you banned outright from Google's search results. (www.nytimes.com)

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does anyone *really* use a blind search like that to find what you need on google? - cupixie Feb 13, 19:50 3
- I think you vastly overestimate the intelligence of the general public. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 19:53 2
  - Word. People go to Google to search for "yahoo.com". -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 20:20
  - Seriously. -- nm - David Feb 13, 19:57
ST ranks first for sesquiflexidactylism. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 13, 19:48

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