Seth Godin recently posted about Google, and a new way to interact with things by voting up and down and such. He mentioned how this could be somewhat um… unrealistic as companies try and boost their own ratings and as there are ways to work around the search counts. Somehow, I find it all crazy. When it’s up to the consumer, soley, I don’t think things always work out the way they are planned. Microsoft came out with a new search engine in the last year called clublive. I only know about it because they have an interactive gaming platform. You play small games, using the search engine for every clue, and earn points towards prizes. To me, this seems like bribery, and if they are doing it… then is every search engine? What’s the point of viewings or search counts then?