"Google is like an oil company which not only dictates the price of oil but also chooses where an oil field will exist."
Fantastic article by Andrew Johnson at SEOBook highlithing what he thinks are the reasons why we see so much discrepancy in the way Google treats different sites and partners.
Excerpted from the article:
"...first, I monetize my existing sites with Google's own products as much as possible.
Second: I no longer invest my time or money in new businesses that require Google's traffic.
Google [is likely to direct itself more toward] walled content gardens in its future.
...
As a consumer I want Google to have the best, most trustworthy experience possible. They can fight SEOs and affiliates all day long and it doesn't bother me.
I fully expected the innovative waves that helped the web destroy old media do the same again to itself.
But, when Google lies, and does things that in fact damage that consumers experience no longer can I defend Google (when eHow first started popping up in 50% of the searches I did I was shocked; I am absolutely appalled they still show up on page 1 for anything, the articles are obviously written by authors that re-hashed another article in 10 minutes and often factually incorrect on top of it.)
Full article: http://www.seobook.com/too-big-to-fail
Must-read. 10/10
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