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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.  Search Engine Optimization Standards Discussion  - http://www.bruceclay.com/EmergingStandards.htm  Examines the issues surrounding SEO standards of conduct.  Desperately Seeking Search Engine Marketing Standards  - http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/01/11-standards.html  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.  The Curse of Cloaking  - http://www.websitepublisher.net/article/cloaking/  Describes the action of cloaking and explains why you should not do it.  LawMeme - Google wins in SearchKing lawsuit  - http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1147  James Grimmelmann looks at the SearchKing vs. Google case. Includes links to earlier coverage and other related resources.  Advertising and Marketing on the Internet: Rules of the Road  - http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/ruleroad.htm  FTC rules and guidelines to protect businesses and consumers and help maintain the credibility of the Internet as an advertising medium  Email Marketing Ethics and Spam Reporting  - http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles/EmailMarketingEthicsSpamReporting.htm  Guide to avoiding being spammed and sending e-mail without spamming.  Full Code of Ethics - American Marketing Association  - http://www.marketingpower.com/live/content1175.php  The AMA's code of ethics for marketing on the Internet.  Search Engine Disclosure Ratings: May 2003  - http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2214891  Reviews major search engines to see if disclosures of paid content are clear and conspicuous.  ScreenSpam.org  - http://www.screenspam.org/  Effort to discourage companies from using across-the-screen 'rich media' advertisements.  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.  Black Hat SEO  - http://www.blackhatseo.com/  Worst practices, software and gimmicks to avoid.  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.  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.  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.  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.