Why Google should stop being so 'evil'

[ukgimp]

Not exactly heavy reading but...

Is its goal to make a huge sack of money or to develop the best set of search, publishing and advertising tools the world has ever seen?

[media.guardian.co.uk...]

[rcjordan]

Please form only two lines, please.... 'Google is evil' on the right.

they greeted every new service launched by the Googster that I was beginning to suspect that the company's press releases were being hand-delivered by the Angel Gabriel.

heh, heh, heh

[ciml]

..Google should realise the value of the special relationship it has with webloggers...

I'm sure they realise the value, whether they consider the various aspects or that relationship positive or negative is another matter. :-)

I don't agree that Google's new AdSense ToS made clear that "anyone who criticised Google's behaviour on their weblog faced being thrown out of AdSense".

As we know from Jenstar's Breakdown of the new AdSense Terms [webmasterworld.com], the new ToS merely clarifies that it's OK to talk about AdSense earnings in the context of US income tax. The non-disclosure element was there from the start.

[ukgimp]

yYt more anti google sentiment in a main stream paper. Not sure how much this will add to it in real terms but it will add something to the pot.

[troels nybo nielsen]

Any decision a company of Google's size makes is bound to be considered "evil" by somebody somewhere

Important point that has been documented many times.