There is a scary article over at Search Engine Journal. Apparently blogger Dean is being threatened with legal action by a store owner who is upset that Dean’s blog outranks his store for a specific keyword. The store owner is demanding that Dean lowers his position for this keyword as he feels it is only right that a commercial store should out rank a blog.
It will be interesting to see what happens if this does reach a court, and what legal arguements are raised – in the mean time be careful about what you rank for 😉
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I’d throw this one down the trash can and not even blink.
I would also have thrown the original e-mails in the trash. But thank god he didn’t!
This is comedy gold and is a story that seems to have gripped the SEO world.
Keep your chin up Dean and dont be bullied.
What’s the keyword? Seems a bit petty.
Call me cynical but this sounds like a carefully crafted linkbait. If not, then I would love to see this get laughed out of court.
Is the store owner saying I AM STUPID AND HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO OUTRANK A BLOGGER? lol