Difference between revisions of "RainDog's Second Rant"
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Apparently there is an explanation for this disappearance (there's always an explanation). The crawler looks to see if any changes have been made since it came the last time. If there aren't, it classes the site as inactive. But then why do some inactive sites hang on forever? | Apparently there is an explanation for this disappearance (there's always an explanation). The crawler looks to see if any changes have been made since it came the last time. If there aren't, it classes the site as inactive. But then why do some inactive sites hang on forever? | ||
| − | 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. | + | 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 the market shares speak for themselves. And Microsoft's stranglehold concerns only a particular techology (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 [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. | 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. | ||
