TheMadScientist - 10:02 pm on Jul 15, 2010 (gmt 0)

businesses ruined overnight by some office snot with too much power.

If Google can ruin your business YOU give Google too much power, IMO.

Your Business is really not Google's problem.
It's not the person you're competing with's problem either.
It's your problem and you need to find a way to solve it.
Find a better way.
Make a better plan.

We had businesses before Google, have businesses now and will continue to have businesses with or without Google.