The People’s Republic of Google$1:
The fact that it works so well (makes so much money) comes down to the realization I had that Google isn’t a software company at all. It’s an advertising company.
Is There a Google News Blacklist?$1:
My theory, then, is that both AOL and I are blacklisted from Google News. That’s hundreds of professional writers… invisible.
AOL is in many ways a Google competitor, I suppose. Certainly it is run by an ex-Googler, who probably left behind bad feelings. But, if true, how fair is this on Google’s part? Not very. I don’t suppose it qualifies as evil, but it is definitely petty and in no way serves Google users, who should be appalled.
Google is a private company and is very good at what it does. So much so that it is now the new Microsoft or IBM and we have all seen what happened to them when their reach exceeded their grasp. Even now Microsoft is about to be
passed by Apple and IBM has become a shadow of its former self.