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Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 15:41:37 -0800 (PST)
From: "Peter A. Castro" <doctor AT fruitbat DOT org>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Why the rash of people bypassing setup.exe to install?
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On 15 Feb 2003, Robert Collins wrote:

> On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 08:23, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > >  Or have
> > >web crawlers changed such that this doesn't work anymore? 
> > 
> > I'll try that.  Thanks.
> 
> I wouldn't: google actively lowers your page ranking when it sees such
> garbage.

Where, exactly, did you read this (a link to some doc would be
enightening)?  I see nothing about this in Googles documentation of Page
Ranking.  And, google isn't the only search engine out there.  I'd think
you'd want to try and get as much exposure as possible in as many engines
as possible. 

> Rob 

-- 
Peter A. Castro <doctor AT fruitbat DOT org> or <Peter DOT Castro AT oracle DOT com>
	"Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood


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