The Pros:Free, as in free beer. Or free cake. Excellent search. Fast, clean, simple. Not evil, in general.
The Cons:If Google goes evil, we're all screwed. Ubiquitous search creates a market for SEO which in turn leads to link spam, fake blogs, and other annoying behavior. Could be more open about how they work - too much of a black box.
Google IS the Internet. Well, it's not true, but it certainly feels that way quite often. Perhaps it's a deserved title with services (on top of their search) like
GMail, Google Video, Google Desktop Search, Picasa, Froogle, Google Maps, Google Local, and the list goes on and on.
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Free, as in free beer. Or free cake
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Excellent search. Fast, clean, simple
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Continually coming out with free web apps and services
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in general, Google makes importing and exporting of user data available, usually even gives you choices -> Easy to opt out of Google if you wish to do so
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Powered by a pretty amazing business model: AdSense
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If Google goes evil, we're all screwed
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Ubiquitous search creates a market for SEO which in turn leads to link spam, fake blogs, and other annoying behavior
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Could be more open about how they work - too much of a black box
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google "is" evil 'fullstop'
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Supports illegal sponsored advertising such as child pornography
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Amanie:
#google What do you think of the new preview button? I love it. I hate going to sites and then finding the data totally useless. At least now you can check to see whether a page load is worth it.
Nov 24, 10
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