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By: What’s The Google Brand Worth These Days? $100 Billion. Probably Less.

What’s The Google Brand Worth These Days? $100 Billion. Probably Less. — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:09:50 +0000

[...] brand taken a hit since the initial report? After all, Google is now Public Enemy No. 1 in the eyes of the antitrust division of the U.S. Justice Department, competitors, and [...]

By: Bob The Builder

Bob The Builder — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:49:55 +0000

Who the F gives about search. Search is great if it returns the meaning of life. Asking my friend yesterday, “Is this how you felt your life would turn out” answer > yup…….

Is google so much cooler than Hank from king of the hill ? I think not

By: Bob The Builder

Bob The Builder — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:24:55 +0000

Anyone here born before 1970 ? A few I see … maybe….

Predatory
No they are balanced in the scoring of all information

Murderers
No they don’t kill information that has not a PPC

Rapists
Ah no they cannot be.. . they are just a search engine.

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:18:41 +0000

It’s about time the justice department puts Google on alert. Look at what Google was trying to do with Yahoo, and how Google aggressively copies everyone else’s search features whenever it can.

How about bundling and pushing every new product through it’s search engine (google local, google news, youtube, google base, etc.)? That’s just like what Microsoft did to Netscape.

By: Once Again, the Justice Department Is Confused. Tech Companies Steal Employees From Each Other Every Day.

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:56:11 +0000

[...] that tech companies are doing wrong and her underlings are going after them aggressively. She has already given Google notice that she is keeping an eye on them. But now the Justice Department is looking into possible [...]

By: SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 12, 2009 « Seo Costa Rica

SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 12, 2009 « Seo Costa Rica — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:28:06 +0000

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By: SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 12, 2009 « Seo Costa Rica

SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 12, 2009 « Seo Costa Rica — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:28:05 +0000

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:52:46 +0000

Name something Google stole.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:48:33 +0000

Pretty sure rape is illegal in every state.

By: TechCrunch: Watch Out Google, Obama’s Antitrust Chief Is Looking To Make An Example Out Of You | Ft. Hard Knox

Wed, 13 May 2009 16:02:09 +0000

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By: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:19:55 +0000

Maybe, Google deserves to be fined. But remember there are always the others who deserve as much as Google. And Varney is not going to do good to the Silicon Valley is the admin team’s target is Google. As Eric says, why not look at other industries if a heavy fine is what they are looking for.

By: Vengu

Vengu — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:42:47 +0000

LOL! Dude you rock!

By: Floyd Fisher

Floyd Fisher — Wed, 13 May 2009 04:19:36 +0000

Adwords pricing is based on competitive bidding. Predatory pricing is when you deliberately sell at a loss to drive competitors out of business. Kinda hard to do when the users bids drive the price up.

By: average joe

average joe — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:51:30 +0000

news:
An Illinois software developer is suing Google and 47 other international corporations for using the word “Android” to describe its open-source mobile operating system. In the lawsuit, Erich Specht is claiming “it is clear that Google stole first and asked questions later.”

google fraud all over the place..

By: average joe

average joe — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:41:37 +0000

news:
Google Sued: Class Action Over Trademarked Keyword Ads

– google never invented anything, they are just thieves trying to get away with as much as possible. also, they never disclose their illegal practice in the public disclosures to their shareholders

By: Linkcrafer

Linkcrafer — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:48:43 +0000

Warren Buffet calls Google “Sharks and Crocodiles” company “that no one can get near”. Frightening –> http://bit.ly/cwT4D

if everyone will behave like Google, it will be the end of our civilized world. It’ll be the Leviathan world. –> http://bit.ly/Kw6AA

By: average joe

average joe — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:25:06 +0000

google ‘innovates’? that is a myth cultivated by the big pockets of google’s backers.
what exactly has ever google invented? nothin, zero, zilch, nada..
google ‘the innovator’ haha ha..give me a frikin brake
there are no studies NO proof that the billions thye charge in click money produce ANY economic value.
it may be the biggest scam that ever was.. people are payin for clicks just because the competition is.. do thye get any benefit? nobody knows.

By: average joe

average joe — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:59:35 +0000

google never ‘created’ nothin!! all google has ever done was to steal steal steal.. then use the big pockets of their backers to force themses into the market.
without yahoo and aol givg google distribution early on, they would be nowhere where they are today. all because their backers.

betteer technolog, my foot.
we know google is yesterday’s technology and they are just blocking any kind of innovation in this space.
it is time for the gov to step in and give the market the equal right it deserves..

By: average joe

average joe — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:53:52 +0000

also, they do not disclose to content providers what they pay for. clearly, google could be charging the advertisers for clicks and the may not be paying the click suppliers their share. abuse plain and simple – as monopolistic as it can get

By: average joe

average joe — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:50:14 +0000

hiding behind big words like ‘capitalism’ and ‘free market’ or ‘build something better’.. a full load of bull.. google is screwing up the market and you know it and soon enough they will have to pay for it. there is no frikin ‘free market’ when someone steal as much property from other as google does..
my advice to you: stick to editing. we do the writing and you do the editing. you might be doing a much better job at that..

By: Microsoft Debt and Tax Evasion | Boycott Novell

Microsoft Debt and Tax Evasion | Boycott Novell — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:06:43 +0000

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By: David

David — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:46:17 +0000

thats just silly…Google created paid search advertising. you cant be charge of an anti-law suit for something you invented. Can you?

…and you used literally wrong. they’re not literally microsoft. Its not possible for one company to actually BE another. get a handle on yourself :p
OH! You’re my new favorite blogger fyi

By: David

David — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:11:19 +0000

thats just silly…Google created paid search advertising. you cant be charge of an anti-law suit for something you invented. Can you?

…and you used literally wrong. they’re not literally microsoft. Its not possible for one company to actually BE another. get a handle on yourself :p

By: joe

joe — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:07:27 +0000

Google sets minimum pricing for adwords and does little to nothing to monitor and clean up click fraud. They clearly are abusing their dominant search position.

They are also keeping competition out by giving away tons of software for free in exchange for getting to even more private consumer information.

Google has earned lots of scrutiny by the Justice department and is much more of a threat to consumers in general than Microsoft ever was.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:55:43 +0000

tell it brother!

i love how the answer to this “horrible economic climate” is to punish those companies who are making a profit.

“The market will always do a better job undermining monopolies than the Justice department will.”

^ exactly, but instead the Obama Administration gets in a tizzy if anybody in the country is unequal. got a great idea? too bad – give us the idea and we’ll split the profits with the rest of America.