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For a long time I thought that google's services were "free", a nice exchange for being advertised to in response to searches. However now they're scrambling t
by idspispopd 15y ago
For a long time I thought that google's services were "free", a nice exchange for being advertised to in response to searches.
However now they're scrambling to win the emerging market of following consumers around the web and they're pulling all the strings they have to get a competitive advantage.
It's now so ridiculous that we recommend web clients not to use Google Analytics - as it's providing google the ability to assess visitors to our client's site, only for the 'highest bidder'(namely a bigger competitor) to be able to advertise to them in response, squashing the smaller businesses who can't afford to drop 200k on advertising.
It lets whoever has the most money to pour into google's coffers effectively trample their competitors. Often we're using Google Analytics because our client isn't able to afford much to begin with.
To me, it's unsurprisingly that google dropped their "don't be evil" motto a few years back. This product lets people mark themselves as the little guy so the cashed up big-guns can stomp them out before they become a threat.
- j_col 15y agoIt's interesting what you say about Google Analytics, I've always suspected that but then dismissed it as my personal paranoia. Is there any way to prove such a theory, or are there any studies into this available online?
- mdwrigh2 15y ago> To me, it's unsurprisingly that google dropped their "don't be evil" motto a few years back. Wait, when did this happen? They appear to still have it, at least on their investor's code of conduct page[1]. [1]: http://investor.google.com/corporate/code-of-conduct.html http://investor.google.com/corporate/code-of-conduct.html
- idspispopd 15y agoBack in 2009. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/foremski/google-drops-dont-be-evil-motto/435?tag=mantle_skin;content http://www.zdnet.com/blog/foremski/google-drops-dont-be-evil... http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2009/04/google_quietly.php http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2009/04/goog...
- mdwrigh2 15y agoLook at the date on both of those news reports... :) The first article cites the second one, and the author of the second one confirms it's an April Fools joke in the second comment on the page. They haven't dropped it at all.