stuff like
astroturfing
click fraud
fake submissions on forms
etc
They basically operate completely recklessly
We are getting a lot of attacks from Google. I took screenshots just today of them doing fake submissions and they don't even hide it. From Google servers
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Basically, their modus operandi is
A) Silent Agreement between Amazon, Google, Facebook and a few other companies (not sure which) to divide internet among themselves
B) Use any and all method to slow down any company growing fast
Usually this is 'plausible deniability' methods such as removing apps from app stores, kicking you off your payment processor, dropping you in organic search, shifting your adwords to 90% fake clicks, etc
C) If above methods don't work then they start using illegal methods i.e.
modifying search results when people search for you hacking attacks using gmail to hide your emails to customers and/or not deliver your invoices to new customers click fraud on other ad networks (Bing, etc) fake submissions
Contrast the HUGE number of enterprise side and B2B companies that are going public
now compare with how few customer to business companies are doing the same
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It's not random
any customer facing company that is begining to do well has to face
Google disappearing them from Search Facebook disappearing them from Facebook and Instagram attacks from a few other Silicon Valley Companies
There is going to be A LOT of candy in the sofa
It's going to be Snowden level stuff
There will be a list of
Top 10,000 companies to kill off
and also
Top 500 threats
And there will be a playbook of all the methods to use to wipe them out
There will be even totally crazy stuff like
sending spy employees Trojen Horse VC Investments
etc