Legal Commentary

My colleague Sean Doherty, tech editor of Law.com, and I have been hearing a lot of noise about the battle between FindLaw and Google.

Sean posted on it here on his Legal Technology Blog with links to some of the discussion.

I'm also copying his post below:

I see that there is some discussion about Findlaw and its practice of marketing and selling links. Some believe this to be an ethical issue and conclude "shame" on Findlaw. Others view it as a business decision.

Now, if you believe Google and its ranking policies are the law, then perhaps Findlaw has violated it. However, I don't adhere to the fact that Google's ranking policy and their search algorithm are the law of the land. Marketing and selling links on Findlaw is a business decision for which a buyer shoud be aware of his or her purchase.

Here's a rundown on some of the discussion:

* Ambrogi * Trademark Blog *Merenda *O'Keefe1 O'Keefe2 * Law Librarian Blog

Sean has asked Findlaw to comment -- and he's going to continue to follow

the conversations on his blog.