May 15, 2008 12:34 PM PDT
Killing Google
Mark Cuban has an interesting slant on how to beat Google. Buy out the top sites in Google's Index and watch Google flounder:
But what about the Google Index, all the websites that are indexed by Google ? What is it worth to be in the Google Index ? What would you, as a website owner require in order to remove your site from the Google Index and no longer be available when someone does a google search ?
It should just be a matter of dollars and cents and sense, shouldn't it ?
Interesting thought, and a strategy that only a desperate company with billions in the bank could try. Like Microsoft.
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Buying out the short head won't kill the long tail.