6.2.06

Pocket-lint.co.uk Google delists BMW Germany for foul play news story

Pocket-lint.co.uk Google delists BMW Germany for foul play news story: "Google delists BMW Germany for foul play

05 February 2006 - Google has flexed its muscles and dropped BMW Germany from its search engine following the German car manufacturer’s attempts to artificially boost its popularity ranking.

The move is likely to send shockwaves through the Internet industry over fears that one company has such power and effect over a websites access to the public.

The delisting was reported by Matt Cutts, a software engineer at Google, who works to stop websites tricking the system by featuring hidden text or different content from what the website visitor sees. "

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