Article: InterMute Defines Good Manners for Search Engines; InterMute Releases Suggested Principles for Search Engines to Follow for Sponsored Search Advertising.

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BRAINTREE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2004

InterMute released today a set of guidelines for search engine vendors to follow when introducing sponsored search to their sites. InterMute is alarmed by the increasing occurrence of sponsored search results that effect the relevancy of searches and that trick users to click, resulting in the generation of enormous pay-per-click revenues for search engines.

With today's search term bidding wars, web search results are in danger of becoming irrelevant. Paid search listings are routinely displayed more prominently than natural, relevant search results. In the ...

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