Google Becomes: Sites Fight To Get In

Lee Hadden writes: There is an article in today’s (Feb 26, 2003) issue of the Wall
Street Journal concerning Google.com, and mentions how the term “Google” is
often used as a verb. The article says: “…”Googling” has become a synonym
for searching online. In a recent New Yorker cartoon, a man in a bar says-
“I can’t explain it- it’s just a funny feeling that I’m being googled.”

They say While Google approves of optimizers that help a site improve its content or design, it recently revised its Webmaster guidelines to warn against firms that, among other things, promise to guarantee a top Google ranking.

A search for Google Page Rankings Returns 3 Ads for link promotion on google by third party companies.