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Because having ads for making funerals less expensive is exactly what I want to see when I'm searching for my loved ones that disappeared during an earthquake.
by sukuriant 14y ago
Because having ads for making funerals less expensive is exactly what I want to see when I'm searching for my loved ones that disappeared during an earthquake.
I'd rather not-for-profits continue disaster relief, like they have been, and the for-profits actively choosing to donate to them.
- jiggy2011 14y agoThere are no ads on that page.
- sukuriant 14y agoVery true; and I trust that Google would have a heart to not do that. At least, I hope they wouldn't. My point was that if a for-profit company enters this space, they need a way to monetize their efforts, and it's a field ripe for exploitation. It's better if a non-profit does this, since their heart is more likely to be in the right place.
- shrikant 14y agoFrom Wikipedia: "Google.org is the charitable arm of Internet search engine company Google. The organization has committed over $100 million in investments and grants as of May 2010." As much as I like to rag on Google for their lip-service to "don't be evil", this isn't such a case. I don't think Google.org has a [direct] profit motive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google.org
- lemma 14y agoThe link is to google.org, google's not-for-profit arm.
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- sukuriant 14y agoIs there actually a difference between google.com and google.org? I sincerely figured that Google, wanting to not be confused or have their domain offended (whitehouse.com anyone? You couldn't go to that link back in the 90's). Edit: reading shrikant's response elsewhere, it appears that there is quite a difference. That is very cool, then :)