Why I am getting sick of Google
3 comments Feb 28, 2010 | Google, Reviews, SEO
Google Buzz. If you haven’t heard of Google Buzz yet then you’ve probably been in some sort of coma for the past few weeks. Just to recap for all of you who might be behind the curve, Google Buzz is Google’s attempt to get involved in the social media scene. There have been all sorts of complaints about it’s privacy issues which apparently they have apologized for and even taken the time to fix the problem.
While that is a great job at PR by Google, I’m not buying it. Google really messed up here for a number of reasons. One, they forced all of the users of their gmail service into Google Buzz. Two, they forced each user to auto follow all of the other gmail users in their contacts list. Three, they made the default setting post your “buzzes” publically. Hello PRIVACY ISSUES! A simple apology is just not good enough from a company of that size. They didn’t just lose email files, their server didn’t just shut down. They essentially made everyone’s private issues public. Google, the largest search engine on the face of the earth, one of the most influential companies in the history of commerce, and the single largest holder of information in the world, made a big no no.
I don’t know if you’ve been reading about the latest search battle news but I’m pulling for Bing. Besides, competition in the search engine marketing world will be good for most internet marketeers. So the next time you search, I’m encouraging everyone to Bing It!
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I agree with you and I am sick of Google. I enjoy using Bing and it is a very good search engine. Everyone likes to say how Google’s business tactics are so much better than Microsoft. That Google is not evil. Well if money is the root of all evil, Google is just as evil as any other billion dollar company. Big deal, Google gives out free software. Like how often do I need to use Google Earth? Google has a new cell phone called the Nexus. How come I don’t see Google giving it out for free? The phone retails for about $600! Ridiculous! Google is also acquiring other companies just like Microsoft, and they either market the acquired technology as their own or don’t even release it. By the way in case no one is aware, Google didn’t invent Google Earth. They just bought the company that had created the mapping technology and then slapped their name on it. Let’s face it, Google is slowly becoming a monopoly. How many mobile devices have the operating system Android? Android is a Google product. I specifically go out of my way to avoid getting a cell phone or any device with Google products on it. I am sick of Google. If the Internet was gone tomorrow, so would Google. However, we need Microsoft because it is a pc world. I am also getting sick of Facebook but I’ll save that for another time.
Well – I hoping that Bing succeeds because it’s good for competition. I actually think that Google has a great business model. Also, Google has no control over what the manufacturer’s of the phone charge – they just control the operating system behind the phone. If Samsung wants to charge $1000 for their Android phone – Google has no control over that. Also, this is not really a PC world anymore – the entire market is going mobile. Microsoft stopped innovating years ago – they are a factor simply because of market share. Other than that – they are irrelevant.
Google will always be around, but I think Bing will take the lead in the next couple of years, their search engine is pretty good.