Google's Boycott Misses the Mark

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Google's recent decision to halt all communications with the popular news site CNET (News.com), in response to privacy issues raised by a previous CNET story, may actually prove to result in more negative effects for Google than any other party involved.

The real loser is Google. Of the 300 or stories that News.com runs each week, Google is bound to be the subject of at least a few -- and each time, in the "interests of transparency," as Singh put it, News.com will include its "Google won't talk to our reporters" caveat. Not only that, but Slashdot and blogs -- both harbingers of memes, taste and trends -- have been abuzz over the issue.
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That previous story, which News.com linked to, was headlined "Google Balances Privacy, Reach," and showed just how much information Google has placed at our fingertips. To illustrate, staff writer Elinor Mills spent 30 minutes googling Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive officer, then published Schmidt's net worth ($1.5 billion), his net gain from selling Google stock this year ($140 million), the town he calls home (Atherton, California), the fact that he is an amateur pilot and "roamed the desert at the Burning Man art festival in Nevada."

Source: Wired

airbornflght

i dont know, but i dont like big corporations, so the hell with google, as much as its cool and i use it, all it is is a cyber billboard. whats the going price for a small add now days???