Search engines have all the power these days. As in: cross them, and you die. Such is the fate of BMW.de, and possibly Ricoh.de, which both engaged in search engine optimization tactics that Google found deceptive. BMW is blacklisted, and Ricoh may be next. And the rest of the troops have fallen meekly into line.
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