What a bold outrageous non-sensical statemnt
This is like saying a mechanic can't "manipulate" a car.
What the fuck are the paying engineers and programmers for if they don't "manipulate" the algorithm.
That's literally their job description.
Any involved in Search Engine Marketing/Optimization is keking in disgust over this headline
Exactly.
Head Google Engineer, Matt Cutts, and has literally spend 2 decades explaining to webmasters what is and is NOT allowed in regards to "manipulating" the Google algo. >>4261735
Yes, also interesting. They've spend the past 5-10 years "outsourcing" a lot, if not all, of the manual "penalties" process to low paying, non-US countries.