The document criticizes Google for creating fear, uncertainty, and doubt around paid links to benefit their own advertising business. It argues that Google expects websites to sacrifice income and profitability to compensate for flaws in their algorithms. While Google presents paid links as potentially unethical, the document asserts that paid links are an effective way to rank in search results and Google tries to eliminate this competition to ensure the profitability of their own advertising products.

1. Are Paid Links Evil A Tale of Propaganda and Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt Michael Gray – SES San Jose – August 2007

2. Google is Not the Government

3. Don’t Listen to Corporate Propaganda

4. Google’s Version of Advertising

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