sweet_ali - 9:25 pm on Apr 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

Brett may have forgot one. AdSense publisher income is down, as reported by about 70-80 percent here in unofficial polling. However, AdWords publishers are NOT reporting a similar drop in cost per click.

So where is the money going?

I point this out even though my EPC went up. (I just can't trust them when they treat publishers like third class citizens).

The arrogance and denial at Google with their fiascos over the last 6 months is astonishing. But it might be understood as the popular media still is in love/bed with them. Type "Google" into Google news and see why Google spin doctors are probably the best in the world.

There should be a Google bomb for "Narcissistic" pointing to the Google home page.

I don't buy the argument they are being attacked merely because they are BIG. This level of Surfer and Webmaster dissatisfaction with Google started primarily with Florida. How much bigger was Google on Nov. 14 then they are now?

They used to be the "Peoples' Search Engine" - Now, they have that MicroSoft/Yahoo mentality while their motto, "Don't Be Evil," is a hypocritical joke.