Difference between revisions of "RainDog's Second Rant"
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I'm starting to understand this whole Google business. It's a bigger monopoly than Microsoft! Some one will tell me that Apple maintains competition in the one case, and Yahoo in the other. But Microsoft's stranglehold concerns a particular techology (PC operating systems), whereas Google has a monopoly over the handling of '''global information'''. It's become more powerful than traditional media like newspapers or television, because there are many of them, but only one [[GoogleMafia]]. | I'm starting to understand this whole Google business. It's a bigger monopoly than Microsoft! Some one will tell me that Apple maintains competition in the one case, and Yahoo in the other. But Microsoft's stranglehold concerns a particular techology (PC operating systems), whereas Google has a monopoly over the handling of '''global information'''. It's become more powerful than traditional media like newspapers or television, because there are many of them, but only one [[GoogleMafia]]. | ||
| − | What can we do to take back the control of our communication channels, to escape from the frenetic chase after Search Engine Optimisation? I can feel myself getting sucked in: my Google rating is becoming more important to me than what I have to say. We have to develop the equivalent of a free software alternative to the search engine. | + | What can we do to take back the control of our communication channels, to escape from the frenetic chase after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimisation Search Engine Optimisation]? I can feel myself getting sucked in: my Google rating is becoming more important to me than what I have to say. We have to develop the equivalent of a free software alternative to the search engine. |
