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by chrisbennet 4228 days ago
Not that anyone cares, but when you "juice" your search ranking to make your web site appear more relevant (to the user doing the search) than it really is, you are "breaking the internet".

I'm sorry if not enough people are driving by your restaurant but that does not justify putting up a detour sign in order to trick people into taking the road that passes by your business. If you want more business, make a better product. Don't waste everyone's time detouring them in hopes they will stop on their way by.

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How do you plan to let people know that you have a better product if you don't link to it somehow?
Buy advertisements - just like any ethical business would. At the end of the day, if your business can't survive without "cheating", perhaps you should pivot or go into another kind of business.

For example, if Verizon can't make money if they actually honored their "unlimited data plans", they should stop offering unlimited data plans.