This question has been tossed around recently because it seems there are some who are trying to knock the current big dog down a few pegs. There have been a number of articles calling Google's method of doing business into question, starting with the object of scorn, although I'm confused as to why. To supplement his point, Rivlin points to how people are used to rooting for the underdog and now that Google has shed that moniker (Google is the exact opposite at the moment), people are beginning to root against the portal that masks itself as a search engine ;). In fact, Rivlin uses a quote from Bill Gates to further illustrate what he is trying to say:
Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, sees similarities between Google and his own company. This spring, in an interview with Fortune, Gates said that Google was "more like us than anyone else we have ever competed with."Apparently, Google has provided Microsoft with the most competition they've seen since the Netscape days. How is this a bad thing or in anyway Google's fault? I don't know about anyone else, but I don't consider a search engine started in college dorm room and then rising to the position Google is in a faulty quality. Correct me if I am wrong, but I also don't remember Google crushing a competitor the way Microsoft did a good suggestion for start-up companies having a hard time in Southern California: "Try starting up in a less expensive place than Silicon Valley!" Another area of concern is Google's stock adventures. Yahoo's privacy policy reveals:
Yahoo! collects personal information when you register with Yahoo!, when you use promotions or sweepstakes. Yahoo! may combine information about you that we have with information we obtain from business partners or other companies.It appears as if Yahoo also keeps the information they collect as well. Is there an anti-Yahoo article calling their data collecting practices out on the horizon? On the other hand, it is also foolish to think Google is without fault. Remember the autolink debacle? However, calling Google out for expanding their product and hiring a talented staff (although, Murdok. Visit Murdok for the
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