Comments on: What is Search Neutrality? http://madisonian.net/2009/12/28/what-is-search-neutrality/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:59:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Frank Pasquale http://madisonian.net/2009/12/28/what-is-search-neutrality/comment-page-1/#comment-307391 Frank Pasquale Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:21:53 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=3633#comment-307391 I also think the "no editorial policies" position is too broad to be enforceable. But the concerns I discuss in my U. Chi. Leg. Forum piece could form the foundations of a search neutrality policy. Basically: no stealth marketing, give indexed sites some "right to comment" on some types of associations, and reveal the bases of ranking decisions to a neutral, in camera third party in response to some types of claims of unfairness. I also think the “no editorial policies” position is too broad to be enforceable. But the concerns I discuss in my U. Chi. Leg. Forum piece could form the foundations of a search neutrality policy. Basically: no stealth marketing, give indexed sites some “right to comment” on some types of associations, and reveal the bases of ranking decisions to a neutral, in camera third party in response to some types of claims of unfairness.

]]> By: BR http://madisonian.net/2009/12/28/what-is-search-neutrality/comment-page-1/#comment-307368 BR Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:28:45 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=3633#comment-307368 This guy just has sour grapes over his presumably failing company... he doesn't explain this "penalty" system that supposedly dinged his ranking which is pretty suspicious. If he wanted a better ranking, he could've purchased an advertisement. The assertion that preferential placement was a large factor in Google Maps' success is also flawed - anyone who remembers when Maps first came out knows that the success resulted from its sophisticated use of Javascript that allowed people to "drag" the maps around. This guy just has sour grapes over his presumably failing company… he doesn’t explain this “penalty” system that supposedly dinged his ranking which is pretty suspicious. If he wanted a better ranking, he could’ve purchased an advertisement.

The assertion that preferential placement was a large factor in Google Maps’ success is also flawed – anyone who remembers when Maps first came out knows that the success resulted from its sophisticated use of Javascript that allowed people to “drag” the maps around.

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