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Originally Posted by Vaelor
Or, of course, it could just be a lie. {shrugs} I know personally though, if I was just going to flat out lie about something like that, I'd at least say I'd been in business since 1992, or something. Make it worthwhile - the difference between 2003 and 1999 doesn't really seem worth it to me. {shrugs}
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What steps have you taken to remedy the situation? I can't think what one could do in a situation like this, if they're refusing to fix it. Obviously it's just a deliberate broken link, but it's not technically libel or any similar thing where legal action could be taken, or at least threatened. I wonder if their upstream provider could be convinced to take action against them? Unfortunately it seems to be one of those things that's ethically wrong, but not really illegal in any way. =/
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I think the proper term for what they are doing is doorway pages. It's against Google's TOS. Not sure if they are doing anything about it or not... prolly won't unless I see a significant change in that site's search engine ranking. MSN search says they don't care. As far as I know, you're right, it isn't illegal but is certainly unethical. If they are unethical in one way, chances are they are unethical in others.