Comments on: Is Google Now The Big Ugly? http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2007/11/is-google-now-the-big-ugly/ Internet Marketing And SEO From A Different Point Of View Fri, 16 May 2008 21:34:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Is Google The New Terrorist? | Snoskred - Life in the Country http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2007/11/is-google-now-the-big-ugly/#comment-128511 Is Google The New Terrorist? | Snoskred - Life in the Country Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:00:47 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2007/11/is-google-now-the-big-ugly/#comment-128511 [...] On the post More Bad Press For Google. Anti Vote Baiting (Beta) - make sure to read the first comment left by Aaron Wall - “As the weak and poor are kicked and beaten down they have no voice or energy left to speak.” - We need to keep speaking! ... Is Yahoo Becoming a Better Source of Search Engine Traffic? Is Google Now The Big Ugly? Google- YOU’RE not Transparent…You Hypocrites. [...] [...] On the post More Bad Press For Google. Anti Vote Baiting (Beta) - make sure to read the first comment left by Aaron Wall - “As the weak and poor are kicked and beaten down they have no voice or energy left to speak.” - We need to keep speaking! … Is Yahoo Becoming a Better Source of Search Engine Traffic? Is Google Now The Big Ugly? Google- YOU’RE not Transparent…You Hypocrites. [...]

]]> By: Barry Welford http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2007/11/is-google-now-the-big-ugly/#comment-124936 Barry Welford Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:28:20 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2007/11/is-google-now-the-big-ugly/#comment-124936 You're right, Joe, big companies have to be extraordinary to escape from the typical assumption that they're entirely out for themselves. If Google was working hard to be a solid "neutral", that would be fine. You’re right, Joe, big companies have to be extraordinary to escape from the typical assumption that they’re entirely out for themselves. If Google was working hard to be a solid “neutral”, that would be fine.

]]> By: Joe Dolson http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2007/11/is-google-now-the-big-ugly/#comment-124138 Joe Dolson Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:47:41 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2007/11/is-google-now-the-big-ugly/#comment-124138 And, of course, the perception of what is "evil" is hugely variable depending on how you're effected by it. The recent example of sites having their PR decreased due to link selling activities is a good demonstration: to the sites who have lost revenue, this was <em>clearly</em> evil activity. However, to Google, the change means that their index is more "pure," according to their definition of what it should be. It's all just a matter of perspective. There's no question that they need to work hard to maintain a good public reputation --- but the best they might be able to hope for, at this point, is a solid "neutral." And, of course, the perception of what is “evil” is hugely variable depending on how you’re effected by it. The recent example of sites having their PR decreased due to link selling activities is a good demonstration: to the sites who have lost revenue, this was clearly evil activity.

However, to Google, the change means that their index is more “pure,” according to their definition of what it should be.

It’s all just a matter of perspective.

There’s no question that they need to work hard to maintain a good public reputation — but the best they might be able to hope for, at this point, is a solid “neutral.”

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