Comment A Googling Experiment (Score 1) 621
Hmmm. Just tried something.
I typed News.com into Google. No hits. Hmm.
So I tried ZDNet and a few others. Lots of hits.
Of course, if you type in news.com as a URL in a browser, it works.
So this is interesting. Google is mad at News.Com, and Google (who pride themselves on being a world class search engine) have either missed News.Com, or have kill-filed it.
Which leads us to ask, Mr. Google: Are you incompetent or are you controlling access to information in a way that would make, say, the People's Republic of China sigh with admiration.
Ooops, forgot Google is already collaborating on restricting access to information with the PRC. I guess it is 'access to what Sergei and Larry can make money allowing you to find or NOT find' not 'access to information' that drives google. Wouldn't bother me if they didn't have what amounts to damned near a information access monopology (googlezon, anyone).
Just some thoughts.
RandomRob
I typed News.com into Google. No hits. Hmm.
So I tried ZDNet and a few others. Lots of hits.
Of course, if you type in news.com as a URL in a browser, it works.
So this is interesting. Google is mad at News.Com, and Google (who pride themselves on being a world class search engine) have either missed News.Com, or have kill-filed it.
Which leads us to ask, Mr. Google: Are you incompetent or are you controlling access to information in a way that would make, say, the People's Republic of China sigh with admiration.
Ooops, forgot Google is already collaborating on restricting access to information with the PRC. I guess it is 'access to what Sergei and Larry can make money allowing you to find or NOT find' not 'access to information' that drives google. Wouldn't bother me if they didn't have what amounts to damned near a information access monopology (googlezon, anyone).
Just some thoughts.
RandomRob
