] Google Inc has been sued by a search engine optimization ] company, which claims Google deliberately altered its ] ranking when it realized the SEO company was competing ] with it. Search King Inc, of Oklahoma City, wants an ] injunction and $75,000 damages for alleged loss of ] business. ] ] ] Search King launched a service in August that allowed ] companies to place "text ads" on pages that score highly ] from Google's PageRank ranking algorithm. The rationale ] behind such a service is that a link from a high-PR page ] increases one's own PR, and makes your site more visible ] to Google users. |