Comments on: How much control does Google have over us? http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/10/how-much-control-does-google-have-over/ Header images in 39 flavors! Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:16:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: This was the Year that Was, 2007 | Sephy's Platzish http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/10/how-much-control-does-google-have-over/comment-page-1/#comment-1151 This was the Year that Was, 2007 | Sephy's Platzish Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:07:57 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=346#comment-1151 [...] asked a question that would become a major talking point over the next month - How much control do Google have over us? I also talked about more music - Lloyd Cole Knew My Father, Duke’s 3 Suites and the albums I [...] [...] asked a question that would become a major talking point over the next month - How much control do Google have over us? I also talked about more music - Lloyd Cole Knew My Father, Duke’s 3 Suites and the albums I [...]

]]> By: Sorry, Y’all, I’m not doing a Full Boycott | Sephy's Platzish http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/10/how-much-control-does-google-have-over/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Sorry, Y’all, I’m not doing a Full Boycott | Sephy's Platzish Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:26:18 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=346#comment-804 [...] How much control does Google have over us? [...] [...] How much control does Google have over us? [...]

]]> By: Sephyroth http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/10/how-much-control-does-google-have-over/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Sephyroth Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:29:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=346#comment-520 Snos - It really is an insult, especially when in the short time I've had the domain, I've managed to move it up in the rankings on other sites, yet I'm still stuck with that big old 0 in the PageRank, but my Blogspot blog still has the 3.<br/><br/>It's as if Google are both totally useless at times and the most dependable at others.<br/><br/>Cugat - We have put a ton of work into our blogs, especially with this move that we're making to WP. I also think that you're right with google only caring about their share price instead of the people who give them content for people to search for.<br/><br/>David - There are some fair points you made in your follow-up; I think that the contest may have hurt you, but I don't think I'd ever heard of others who've had contests getting a penalty from Google. The question is one of when will they start to go after sites which run only their paid ads? Of course they won't.<br/><br/>RaJ - I think it is just a case of being lost in the noise and that if it were Microsoft, there would be howling all over the place. I don't think you even hear comments about how much data Google has on everyone who uses their services either.<br/><br/>Thanks y'all! :) Snos - It really is an insult, especially when in the short time I’ve had the domain, I’ve managed to move it up in the rankings on other sites, yet I’m still stuck with that big old 0 in the PageRank, but my Blogspot blog still has the 3.

It’s as if Google are both totally useless at times and the most dependable at others.

Cugat - We have put a ton of work into our blogs, especially with this move that we’re making to WP. I also think that you’re right with google only caring about their share price instead of the people who give them content for people to search for.

David - There are some fair points you made in your follow-up; I think that the contest may have hurt you, but I don’t think I’d ever heard of others who’ve had contests getting a penalty from Google. The question is one of when will they start to go after sites which run only their paid ads? Of course they won’t.

RaJ - I think it is just a case of being lost in the noise and that if it were Microsoft, there would be howling all over the place. I don’t think you even hear comments about how much data Google has on everyone who uses their services either.

Thanks y’all! :)

]]> By: Radioactive Jam http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/10/how-much-control-does-google-have-over/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Radioactive Jam Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:29:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=346#comment-510 Strange, to me at least: if Microsoft was the company behind these foibles, a fair number of people would rant loud and long about the evil company and their machinations. If people are similarly raising alarms about Google as a company - and I suspect they are - I'm not seeing evidence. Suppression, or just Stuff Lost in the Noise? Strange, to me at least: if Microsoft was the company behind these foibles, a fair number of people would rant loud and long about the evil company and their machinations. If people are similarly raising alarms about Google as a company - and I suspect they are - I’m not seeing evidence. Suppression, or just Stuff Lost in the Noise?

]]> By: David Airey http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/10/how-much-control-does-google-have-over/comment-page-1/#comment-508 David Airey Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:09:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=346#comment-508 Thanks for the mention, although it turns out that my penalty had more to do with paid links and Google-bombing, than anything else.<br/><br/>I'll be posting an article about it shortly.<br/><br/>All the best. Thanks for the mention, although it turns out that my penalty had more to do with paid links and Google-bombing, than anything else.

I’ll be posting an article about it shortly.

All the best.

]]> By: Cugat http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/10/how-much-control-does-google-have-over/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Cugat Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:26:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=346#comment-507 I guess my blog is new enough that I don't have a page rank yet, but if I had worked as long and hard as both of you I imagine I'd be pretty pissed and writing about it a lot. Google has truly gotten so big that they don't care about the little people who actually populate their world. Sux.<br/><br/><a HREF="http://www.vegetative.net/" REL="nofollow">Cugat</a> I guess my blog is new enough that I don’t have a page rank yet, but if I had worked as long and hard as both of you I imagine I’d be pretty pissed and writing about it a lot. Google has truly gotten so big that they don’t care about the little people who actually populate their world. Sux.

Cugat

]]> By: Snoskred http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/10/how-much-control-does-google-have-over/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Snoskred Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:37:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=346#comment-506 I don't even have the words to speak how annoyed I have been at Google about the page rank. We all work hard on our blogs, and to not update the page rank is a serious insult to all bloggers. <br/><br/>I used to have a page rank of 4 but then I got my own domain.<br/><br/>I'd like to say I built a bridge and got over it, but I haven't. I'm angry at you, Google. Get your act together!<br/><br/>Snoskred<br/><a HREF="http://www.snoskred.org/" REL="nofollow">www.snoskred.org</a> I don’t even have the words to speak how annoyed I have been at Google about the page rank. We all work hard on our blogs, and to not update the page rank is a serious insult to all bloggers.

I used to have a page rank of 4 but then I got my own domain.

I’d like to say I built a bridge and got over it, but I haven’t. I’m angry at you, Google. Get your act together!

Snoskred
http://www.snoskred.org

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