http://www.googlepublicpolicy.com Helping Google to promote the word Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:51:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.googlepublicpolicy.com/google-public-policy/taking-the-wraps-off-googles-public-policy-blog.html#comment-11 David Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:53:59 +0000 http://googlepublicpolicy.com/2007/06/taking-the-wraps-off-googles-public-policy-blog/#comment-11 I am glad for the comments section here. There seems to be something that Google doesn't understand about the blogging spirit--it's not supposed to be 100% one-way. When I heard sometime ago that Alan Davidson was going to head up a public policy office for Google in DC, it scared me. I understand how an idea like this could originate in the boardroom, but I am surprised the two founders let it materialize. Don't get me wrong, I am a big fan of Google's search engine, but their present vertical integration scheme and army of lobbyist, coupled with information available on the "real" Google culture (compliments of the book Search) makes we want to look elsewhere to search. Yahoo's search results are as good as Google's lately, and Ask seems to be improving considerably, especially in innovative interfaces. I am certainly not the first to say it, but it would seem that Google is quickly becoming the new Microsoft. It was fun while it lasted. BTW: the light gray text on light gray background makes it very difficult for me to type this comment, or maybe that's the whole idea. I am glad for the comments section here. There seems to be something that Google doesn’t understand about the blogging spirit–it’s not supposed to be 100% one-way. When I heard sometime ago that Alan Davidson was going to head up a public policy office for Google in DC, it scared me. I understand how an idea like this could originate in the boardroom, but I am surprised the two founders let it materialize. Don’t get me wrong, I am a big fan of Google’s search engine, but their present vertical integration scheme and army of lobbyist, coupled with information available on the “real” Google culture (compliments of the book Search) makes we want to look elsewhere to search. Yahoo’s search results are as good as Google’s lately, and Ask seems to be improving considerably, especially in innovative interfaces. I am certainly not the first to say it, but it would seem that Google is quickly becoming the new Microsoft. It was fun while it lasted. BTW: the light gray text on light gray background makes it very difficult for me to type this comment, or maybe that’s the whole idea.

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