Comments on: Google’s Shell Games

By: PlagiarismToday » Housekeeping: New Contact Form and MyBlogLog

PlagiarismToday » Housekeeping: New Contact Form and MyBlogLog — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:24:44 +0000

[...] Let me know what you think of that feature. You can test it on any post with a decent amount of comments. [...]

By: Weekend Roundup #11 » Blogging News and Reviews // JaypeeOnline

Weekend Roundup #11 » Blogging News and Reviews // JaypeeOnline — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:28:49 +0000

[...] Today has a very interesting article entitled – “Google’s Shell Games“. It talks about Google’s DMCA policy and the issues involved in filing a DMCA notice [...]

By: JB

JB — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:45:25 +0000

Who wants to found a new search engine?

Maria: I’ve noticed similar issues with FeedBurner since the transition as well. I used to promote them openly on this site but I have not done so since the transition. I’ve been debating leaving them but know that would likely cost me many of my readers.

The answer to your second question is that Google is paranoid, wanting to stop everyone from making money from them that isn’t paying their cut. That is sure how it seems.

By: Maria

Maria — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:33:03 +0000

A little side note here…

I recently visited the support forums for FeedBurner, which was purchased by Google within the past year or so. In the old days, the forums were full of helpful information. Today, the response to someone else with the same problem I have was basically, this is a .htaccess problem, not a FeedBurner problem. We won’t help.

A similar (but not exactly the same) problem involving .htaccess for FeedBurner redirects had been tackled throughly by the FeedBurner staff in 2005, before the company was swallowed by Google.

What do I read from this? Once Google takes over a company, support is optional.

And I’m sure everyone is aware of how Google allegedly dropped the Page Rank of Pay Per Post bloggers to 0? While I don’t agree with Pay Per Post blogging, I’m also wondering why Google is so anxious to go after PPP bloggers but not the sploggers who are infringing copyrights — BREAKING THE LAW — every day.

By: JB

JB — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:45:25 +0000

Recliners: I think there is indeed a very strong sentiment against Google right now. One of the big problems though is the lack of a better competitor. Microsoft is viewed as being even worse, Yahoo! doesn't seem to return accurate results on may queries and Mahalo is years away from being viable.Who wants to found a new search engine?Maria: I've noticed similar issues with FeedBurner since the transition as well. I used to promote them openly on this site but I have not done so since the transition. I've been debating leaving them but know that would likely cost me many of my readers.The answer to your second question is that Google is paranoid, wanting to stop everyone from making money from them that isn't paying their cut. That is sure how it seems.

By: Maria

Maria — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:33:03 +0000

A little side note here…I recently visited the support forums for FeedBurner, which was purchased by Google within the past year or so. In the old days, the forums were full of helpful information. Today, the response to someone else with the same problem I have was basically, this is a .htaccess problem, not a FeedBurner problem. We won't help.A similar (but not exactly the same) problem involving .htaccess for FeedBurner redirects had been tackled throughly by the FeedBurner staff in 2005, before the company was swallowed by Google.What do I read from this? Once Google takes over a company, support is optional.And I'm sure everyone is aware of how Google allegedly dropped the Page Rank of Pay Per Post bloggers to 0? While I don't agree with Pay Per Post blogging, I'm also wondering why Google is so anxious to go after PPP bloggers but not the sploggers who are infringing copyrights — BREAKING THE LAW — every day.

By: Recliners

Recliners — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:48:50 +0000

Seems to me that Google is way too bothered with their bottom line and only their bottom line right now! They are being all big brother with bloggers banning paid links and coming down on text link ads, while at the same time not much bothered with the very people they should be working toward protecting. Methinks there is a very strong bugged-with-Google sentiment all across the internet right now. NETIZENS OF THE WORLD UNITE??!!

By: JB

JB — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:57:56 +0000

Andy: Thank you for the compliments and for the add! Greatly appreciated! I didn’t talk about how U.S.-centric their Adsense policy is and I probably should have. Sending a fax or a postal mail is bad enough if you live in the country, it’d be ten time worse if you lived across an ocean.

There is a workaround and a way to send an email using a PDF with a scanned signature, but it is a pain to say the least. That, and I don’t know the email for Adsense, just for Google and Blogspot.

Still, one could try the other account amac at google dot com.

RS: As true as that is, one thing I’ve learned from watching the financial markets is that it is all quarter to quarter. When a company is in a growth cycle like Google, they tend to obsess over keeping the growth going and making next quarter’s results better than the last.

That leads to some stupid decisions if one asks me.

I’m sure if Google did what was actually in the shareholder’s best interest, the shareholders would bail on them as the stocks slid in the short run.

People are fickle that way.

Thanks for the compliments!

By: Recording Studio

Recording Studio — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:55:45 +0000

Another well written article though I would like to take issue on one matter. It is not sufficient for any corporation to act in the best interest of their share holders and worry only about the bottom line. In this day and age, that is very short sighted and as you have pointed out, people will vote with their dollars and it will make a difference. There is something called morals and another called business ethics. Is Google listening?

By: JB

JB — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:57:56 +0000

Andy: Thank you for the compliments and for the add! Greatly appreciated! I didn't talk about how U.S.-centric their Adsense policy is and I probably should have. Sending a fax or a postal mail is bad enough if you live in the country, it'd be ten time worse if you lived across an ocean.There is a workaround and a way to send an email using a PDF with a scanned signature, but it is a pain to say the least. That, and I don't know the email for Adsense, just for Google and Blogspot.Still, one could try the other account amac at google dot com.RS: As true as that is, one thing I've learned from watching the financial markets is that it is all quarter to quarter. When a company is in a growth cycle like Google, they tend to obsess over keeping the growth going and making next quarter's results better than the last.That leads to some stupid decisions if one asks me. I'm sure if Google did what was actually in the shareholder's best interest, the shareholders would bail on them as the stocks slid in the short run.People are fickle that way. Thanks for the compliments!