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  Customer's Guide to Ethical Search Engine Optimisation http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/search_engine_information/customer_guide/
A series of articles that help discern ethical search engine optimisation services from unethical ones. Advice on how to deal with unethical providers and how to reduce the risk of investing in such services is also included.
  Search Engine Optimization Standards Discussion http://www.bruceclay.com/EmergingStandards.htm
Examines the issues surrounding SEO standards of conduct.
  The Classification of Search Engine Spam http://www.silverdisc.co.uk/articles/spam-classification/
Offers a guide to search engine spam that allows search engine marketers to objectively evaluate actions to see whether those actions equate to spamming a search engine. Aims to provide the basis of an industry standard.
  The Control of Misleading Advertisements Regulations 1988 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19880915_en_1.htm
UK Act of Parliament that covers misleading advertising on the Internet.
  Nigritude Ultramarine FAQ http://www.nigritudeultramarines.com/
Originally created for an SEO contest, this FAQ answers a wide range of questions about search engine optimization with a focus on the ethics of various SEO techniques.
  FTC Halts Internet Pagejacking Scam http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1999/09/atariz.htm
Documents how the FTC stopped a scheme to mislead consumers to porn sites via search engines. First time a government agency asserted regulatory authority over search engine listings.
  Email Marketing Ethics and Spam Reporting http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles/EmailMarketingEthicsSpamReporting.htm
Guide to avoiding being spammed and sending e-mail without spamming.
  Black Hat SEO http://www.blackhatseo.com/
Worst practices, software and gimmicks to avoid.
  Search Engines: Economics & Ethics http://www.saintlouisflamenco.com/webmaster/searchengines.htm
Talks about the difficulties in getting listed in a search engine and search engine ethics implications.
  The Curse of Cloaking http://www.websitepublisher.net/article/cloaking/
Describes the action of cloaking and explains why you should not do it.
  Desperately Seeking Search Engine Marketing Standards http://searchenginewatch.com/2164371
Reviews efforts to create standards for SEO industry and search engine marketing professionals.
  CommercialAlert Complaint to the FTC http://www.commercialalert.org/index.php?category_id=1&subcategory_id=24&article_id=113
Details CommercialAlert's 2001 complaint of deceptive advertising in search results, and the FTC's ruling from 2002.
  Search Engine Disclosure Ratings: May 2003 http://searchenginewatch.com/2214891
Reviews major search engines to see if disclosures of paid content are clear and conspicuous.

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