Comments on: The Search Mafia

By: Aussiewebmaster

Aussiewebmaster — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:41:24 +0000

Google is more the robber baron – hands in everything – and the rest of us are the ones using the shovels and pickaxes helping them get richer….

it really feels like we are working for the man

By: Nick Wilsdon

Nick Wilsdon — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:22:18 +0000

Sorry Donna that was a rather obscure reference to the Suka Wars. They took place between the various Russian criminal factions in 1945. In WW2 Stalin offered them pardons in exchange for service in the military. After the war he turned back on that promise and returned them to jail. They were considered sukas for collaborating with the authorities, breaking a cardinal rule of the Russian criminal underground (Mafia).

A war broke out between the groups, the sukas won and the old ethic of non-collaboration with the authorities was ended.

Your writing about the fighting between the SEO families reminded me of that, with the authorities of course being Google. I wonder if history will repeat itself?

By: DazzlinDonna

DazzlinDonna — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:13:56 +0000

Nick, you lost me on that one.

Kim, ROTFLMAO.

By: Kim Krause Berg

Kim Krause Berg — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:09:17 +0000

“Thou shall always hire a usability consultant…or else suffer the consequences.” (Evil witch laugh…and then the house lands on me and my ugly green feet shrivel up.) 🙂

By: Nick Wilsdon

Nick Wilsdon — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:12:26 +0000

He had bald head, and his nickname was Lenin. “What suka means?”

“Suka?” Has grumbled another prisoner. “Anyone, who refuses our rules and betrays his fellow prisoners.”

By: Vertical Measures

Vertical Measures — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:30:09 +0000

Ya, I think the casino might be a better choice too. Either way, the post is a very good analogy.

We’re all going underground… for a while anyway.

By: earlpearl

earlpearl — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:40:29 +0000

Heheh: I feel like its time to go to the mattresses, stay out of site and cook pasta and sausage with plenty of vino.

Stay under the radar, stay under the radar, stay under the radar!

By: DazzlinDonna

DazzlinDonna — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:43:18 +0000

Heh, you may be right, Michael, about Google being more like the top casino who thinks they can make the rules, as if they are the FBI.

Love the commandment too.

By: mvandemar

mvandemar — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:39:22 +0000

Great post, except I don't see Google as the FBI. They remind me more of the biggest casino in town. The one that handles so much loot every mob boss in town wants a cut, allowing them to think they have so much power that they are the FBI, and can set the rules any way they see fit. Everyone who gets caught gaming the tables gets tossed out on their asses, unless it also benefits the house, in which case a cheek is turned. Oh, and they have their own surveillance with cameras everywhere. :D (anyone else see "Ocean's Thirteen"?) As to the rules, I have one: 1) No seo mobster shall ask a mob boss for a Sphinn, Digg, or Stumble. This must only be done through a mutual friend, and it must be done with respect.

By: DazzlinDonna

DazzlinDonna — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:38:39 +0000

LOL! Good ones, Gabs.