Is Google Misleading Us? If So, How?

Is Google Misleading Us? If So, How?

You've all seen it, parking signs that are so confusing that
sometimes you wonder, is the local government trying to mislead you...



Webmasters
are asking themselves the same questions about Google. With all the
blog posts, videos, guidelines, is Google setting SEOs and webmasters up
for disaster one way or another?



Last year, we asked you if you felt Google was lying to you and only 10% said no. The rest, over 55% said Google is lying to us and 31% said Google lies to us sometimes.



The post has 150+ comments with examples and debates.



The new WebmasterWorld thread asks in more of a subtle way. Asking "What Official Google SEO Advice is Misleading or Misunderstood?"



Greg Niland started off saying that guest blogging is one of those examples:

For
example Matt Cutts has recently said that if you were using guest blog
posts "you should probably stop". This led many SEO people to start
assuming that Google will consider every guest blog post to be bad. Matt
Cutts had to clarify his initial statement and say that some guest blog
posts when done in a relevant and professional manner can be good for
your online business.

I am sure you all have many examples - do share.



by Barry Schwartz