I've discovered two shortcomings about Google recently and today. The first one is just stupid and unnecessary and the second one is potentially a lawsuit of international consequences.
#1 my last blog posted today has 15 hits all ready! problem is, The hits are from all me going back and editing it! And after I get done editing this, it will get one more view! That's the stupid onethat's like "web stats 101" for sophomores. Oh wait I remember another stupid one, the next font size up from this available for my blog is this size!
#2 the stupid thing needing international lawsuits lodges against it on behalf of international vendors, shops and retailers overseas is that Goolge's search returns for goods and merchandise to US customers EXCLUDES foreign results! Twice now I've failed to find any hits for foreign sources of the goods i was looking for until I opened and used search engines OTHER THAN GOOGLE. Google only returns US hits for the goods I search for! I think this is unconscionable, unethical and unfair to customers and vendors alike throughout the world.
So if you are one of the many like I was that blissfully and ignorantly believes that the internet is free and open haven for equal opportunity, think again. Google rules it and Google has no sense of ethics, just a sense of profit. While I haven't yet figured out what Google's profit angle is for this one, you can damn well bet that they have a big one. I would be delighted to hear that a handful of foreign governments catch on to it, sues them and closes Google down in their countries.
#1 my last blog posted today has 15 hits all ready! problem is, The hits are from all me going back and editing it! And after I get done editing this, it will get one more view! That's the stupid onethat's like "web stats 101" for sophomores. Oh wait I remember another stupid one, the next font size up from this available for my blog is this size!
#2 the stupid thing needing international lawsuits lodges against it on behalf of international vendors, shops and retailers overseas is that Goolge's search returns for goods and merchandise to US customers EXCLUDES foreign results! Twice now I've failed to find any hits for foreign sources of the goods i was looking for until I opened and used search engines OTHER THAN GOOGLE. Google only returns US hits for the goods I search for! I think this is unconscionable, unethical and unfair to customers and vendors alike throughout the world.
So if you are one of the many like I was that blissfully and ignorantly believes that the internet is free and open haven for equal opportunity, think again. Google rules it and Google has no sense of ethics, just a sense of profit. While I haven't yet figured out what Google's profit angle is for this one, you can damn well bet that they have a big one. I would be delighted to hear that a handful of foreign governments catch on to it, sues them and closes Google down in their countries.
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