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Trust Matt Cutts to find this and comment on it. :) I wonder if he would have said anything if it was the switching default search provider to Google.

by apedley 16y ago

fleitz 16y ago
"I'm shocked! Shocked! To find out that drive by downloading is going on in here!" I guess he was finished finding all the spam on Google so he decided to help FB and Bing out. What nice guys over at Google. "Interestingly, Google itself was the fifth-biggest advertiser for the same period, as it was looking to market its Chrome web browser." Perhaps when he's done with that he can let his bosses know that unless you're careful when you install Chrome it sets itself as your default browser.
Matt_Cutts 16y ago
cough http://www.google.com/corporate/software_principles.html http://www.google.com/corporate/software_principles.html cough apedley, in 2002 (2003?) or so, I spent a large fraction of my Christmas holidays with my in-laws in Omaha trying to uninstall all the scumware that had gotten on their machine. I was horrified to find out that Google had a business deal with one of the companies I found on my mother-in-law's computer. A bunch of us came back from that break determined not to spend next Christmas uninstalling scumware. We quickly kicked that scuzzy company out and put in place the guidelines linked above to keep Google from monetizing scumware/malware/etc. Google may bundle its toolbar with some applications, but to the best of my knowledge we always insist on clear disclosure that the toolbar will be installed (we don't want users to be tricked) and easy removal. If you're aware of any counter-examples, please let me know and I'll ask someone to investigate it. By the way, the best method to prevent scumware that I found back in those days: installing Firefox. No new scumware after the Firefox install plus some basic education.

Trust Matt Cutts to find this and comment on it. :) I wonder if he would have said anything if it was the switching default search provider to Google.

by apedley 16y ago

Trust Matt Cutts to find this and comment on it. :) I wonder if he would have said anything if it was the switching default search provider to Google.

fleitz 16y ago

"I'm shocked! Shocked! To find out that drive by downloading is going on in here!" I guess he was finished finding all the spam on Google so he decided to help FB and Bing out. What nice guys over at Google. "Interestingly, Google itself was the fifth-biggest advertiser for the same period, as it was looking to market its Chrome web browser." Perhaps when he's done with that he can let his bosses know that unless you're careful when you install Chrome it sets itself as your default browser.

Matt_Cutts 16y ago

cough http://www.google.com/corporate/software_principles.html http://www.google.com/corporate/software_principles.html cough apedley, in 2002 (2003?) or so, I spent a large fraction of my Christmas holidays with my in-laws in Omaha trying to uninstall all the scumware that had gotten on their machine. I was horrified to find out that Google had a business deal with one of the companies I found on my mother-in-law's computer. A bunch of us came back from that break determined not to spend next Christmas uninstalling scumware. We quickly kicked that scuzzy company out and put in place the guidelines linked above to keep Google from monetizing scumware/malware/etc. Google may bundle its toolbar with some applications, but to the best of my knowledge we always insist on clear disclosure that the toolbar will be installed (we don't want users to be tricked) and easy removal. If you're aware of any counter-examples, please let me know and I'll ask someone to investigate it. By the way, the best method to prevent scumware that I found back in those days: installing Firefox. No new scumware after the Firefox install plus some basic education.