| Yes, They also do a lot more than this stuff like astroturfing click fraud fake submissions on forms etc They basically operate completely recklessly We are getting a lot of attacks from Google. I took screenshots just today of them doing fake submissions and they don't even hide it. From Google servers * Basically, their modus operandi is A) Silent Agreement between Amazon, Google, Facebook and a few other companies (not sure which) to divide internet among themselves B) Use any and all method to slow down any company growing fast Usually this is 'plausible deniability' methods such as removing apps from app stores, kicking you off your payment processor, dropping you in organic search, shifting your adwords to 90% fake clicks, etc C) If above methods don't work then they start using illegal methods i.e. modifying search results when people search for you
hacking attacks
using gmail to hide your emails to customers and/or not deliver your invoices to new customers
click fraud on other ad networks (Bing, etc)
fake submissions
Contrast the HUGE number of enterprise side and B2B companies that are going public now compare with how few customer to business companies are doing the same * It's not random any customer facing company that is begining to do well has to face Google disappearing them from Search
Facebook disappearing them from Facebook and Instagram
attacks from a few other Silicon Valley Companies
There is going to be A LOT of candy in the sofa It's going to be Snowden level stuff There will be a list of Top 10,000 companies to kill off and also Top 500 threats And there will be a playbook of all the methods to use to wipe them out
There will be even totally crazy stuff like sending spy employees
Trojen Horse VC Investments etc |