Chicago - 12:00 am on Mar 1, 2003 (gmt 0)

GoogleGuy, there is no one that is more important to this site than you (and Brett!). There is no need for you to justify the generous amount of time and insite that you are providing. I speak for us all in saying -we appreciate you and your insight. Very very much. We also appreciate all senior and preferred members who take the time to share their knowledge. There is too many of you to name. We are a very small (but very important)community that must confide in eachother.

GoogleGuy we all love Google because IT IS GOOGLE. Recent moves are beginning to suggest that the google we know and love has entered into a different mode. We are looking for you (and others) to comment on this.

Over my career, I have seen too many companies in the Internet Marketing arena lose focus. They begin to take advantage of ignorance in the marketplace while facing conflicts of interest in rep'ing the properties that they own. I know you know this. The question is can you really talk about this openly with us? That is the question that Steve is raising.

As far as being able to set up ads in 45 seconds. The issue GoogleGuy is about Quality Assurance. I LOVE THE 45 seconds. I wow clients with it all the time. For example, just yesterday I put up a clients site on Ad words that wasn't even live. I did it in 45 seconds, walked back into the conference room and said "look mr. client"- that's how easy it is. I realize that if the CTRs are low the ad will be pulled, but please dont suggest to me that this is Quality Control. Cause, I can tell you 100 ways to circumvent that. And don't get us wrong, we love AdWords, the issue is that you are now taking the Adwords system and distributing it across the Internet on third party content sites with the EXACT same levels of control and in this case the user/prospect is TOTALLY different (in quality) then the SERP page (and if you listen to Google- they would never make this suggestion (hence, conflict)). Many of us want to know whether you believe this signals a shift in the priorities of Google. And many of us want to know if you can really speak openly about it. Regardless and sincerely, thank you.