Laughing Man
Stand Alone Complex
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join:2008-03-17
Louisville, KY
clubs: | And Yet
I still like Google a lot more than any other company listed in this article. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | Still google's better IMHO.
I don't know why it google just seems to do more good for me then the others. And didn't Microsoft buy yahoo? |
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Alcohol
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join:2003-05-26
Somerset, NJ | No. Yahoo got greedy and the buyout failed. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | Oh, ok thx for clearing that up. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
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| reply to Laughing Man
Re: And Yet
While I'm no fan of Google's data collection and mining - they are at least open about it compared to others in the article.
MS - Has enough money to plow competitors under if they don't play with them (hint Netscape)
Comcast - Anti Net neutrality
AT&T - Will give your data if you flash a badge.
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with their biggest critic (particularly on privacy issues) now being AT&T.
Yeah - AT&T vs. Google on privacy ... I don't particularly like Google's search tools which fetch results on each keystroke, nor do I like their gmail content reading + Ad delivery method on emails. AT&T - they'll just give your info away and claim it was done in the interest of national security, and will not comment on it.
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TheMetrix
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Utica, MI
clubs: | Can't We All Just Get Along
Figures that Microsoft and AT&T would end up teaming together to bring down the best search engine on the internet
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Pv8man
join:2008-07-24
Hammond, IN | These days..
its easy to make profit off of something that's does not have good intentions.
It's hard to contribute to society in a positive way and make a still profit off of it like google. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | reply to en102
Re: And Yet
I still fail to understand how Google's products/services cause any privacy violations since people have to agree to use them.
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MarkAW
Barry White or lil bratt
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join:2001-08-27
Canada | What Microsoft can't buy....
....they will try to destroy and then take it over. |
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sholling
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join:2002-02-13
Hemet, CA
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Re: And Yet
Microsoft has long thought that they had a god given right to be the only non-hardware technology company. They've always taken the approach that if they can't beat a competitor by copying their product then they'd buy them, or in this case turn to the government to "protect" their god given turf.
Micro$oft should just be told to shut up and go home and work on fixing their own products.
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majortom1029
join:2006-10-19
Lindenhurst, NY | reply to TheMetrix
Re: Can't We All Just Get Along
The best search engine on the net is DOGPILE. IT searches more then one search engine. So if google doesnt find it another will and dogpile will show it to you. |
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jhboricua
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Minneapolis, MN
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1 edit | Dogpile is not a search engine, judging by your description of it. It is just acting as a middle man between several search engines and you. |
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jester121
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
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Re: Still google's better IMHO.
said by me1212  :I don't know why it google just seems to do more good for me then the others. Because unless you buy advertising, everything Google has given you everything for free. People like free. |
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jester121
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to jhboricua
Re: Can't We All Just Get Along
So Dogpile is leeching off of Google and everyone else's search technology investment and making money from it? Sounds pretty evil to me. |
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phoneboy3
@shawcable.net | Your all brainwashed by these lobbyists
I don't care what anyone says. I'll take Google over M$ and the Telco closed box thinkers any day. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
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Re: And Yet
I think it may be more of a 'concern' than a violation.
AT&T's may have been more of a violation - clouded by NSA policy. Google's is more of a concern - as unencrypted data (for the most part) is transmitted across the internet for gmail info (storing drafts), and the use of any personal information. While there may not be any violations, it does give one an the impression that Google wants to snoop your generic data and post related ads to it - I am not aware of a legality against this, however, I'm sure that Consumerist would disagree.
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Lowtarget
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I enjoy using Google for searching what I'm looking for. Since Google is known as the biggest search engine. I don't think they will be going anywhere anytime soon.
If Google was to shut down. I'm sure that would hurt some websites as for getting web hits. |
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
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Pfft, MS and AT&T can't shut down Skynet!
Seriously, if MS or ATT bought/destroyed Google, I'd burn my computer and sever my internet connection.
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ditka_b
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join:2001-10-05
Barrington, IL | reply to phoneboy3
Re: Your all brainwashed by these lobbyists
If you don't care what anyone else has to say why are you here? Just wondering.. |
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ctceo
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join:2001-04-26
South Bend, IN
clubs: | Poll?
Do we have a poll already made up for this one? |
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