Hypothetically say my contract is to look up the final daily price for a stock & send it for analysis.
Suddenly, Google stops showing Bloomberg as the top result because Bloomberg stops paying Google for SEO.
Searches for the Bloomberg web site fail to appear in the 1st 100 pages of results.
@Nigel_Purchase@Npars01@carnage4life Me, I switched to DuckDuck in 2018 and am very happy with it. Linux. Firefox browser with tracker blockers. Proton for email. Signal for texting. Zoho for online spreadsheets and such. (I've used Zoho since before there was a Google Docs.) For cloud storage for my family and me, I use a leased server in Germany where I also host blogs and web sites.
@Nigel_Purchase@Npars01@carnage4life did that years ago, when I realised they were feeding me filtered search results based on my location and past search history. #eww 👎
You can pay Google for search ads, you can not pay Google for SEO.
The tort thing sounds highly unlikely, definitely the specific example feels like it would get tossed out immediately. Imagine trying to argue this to a judge who resolves nuanced business conflicts all day every day. What questions would they ask?