WHY I Warn Against Google’s Power
My regular readers know that I frequently warn of the dangers of allowing Google and other multi-national Corporations to have monopolistic control over our lives, economies and businesses.
Adotas Senior Editor Gavin Dunaway’s post Google Stands Up For Its Search on the buzz about Google not working as well as their reputation suggests prompted me to write a comment that turned into a guest post.
Gavin is featuring my post on the home page at Adotas Interactive Advertising Blog where you see the image above currently visible.
I hope you will read and share it. (Just click the image above to go there.)
The guest post provides a concise explanation of:
- Why WE as Internet users have collectively GIVEN Google enormous control over far too much
- How that control is affecting our economy and the economies of every other country in the world
- Why allowing ANY one search engine to control what most people believe can be found online means any of our sites could be invisible to the majority of all Internet users
- What simple steps we can take to take back that control and preserve freedom of speech on the Internet
- Why where we choose to spend our time and money can destroy – or improve – our standard of living
Please take a few minutes to read The Google Guillotine and share that post. I would not ask if it were not important for all our sakes’.
If anything is it is not clear to you I encourage you to discuss it with me in the comments at Adotas and here.
P.S. Adotas is an excellent blog and their publisher Gavin Dunaway is an exceptional blogger who writes insightful posts about important topics. I highly recommend reading Adotas and if any bloggers would like a personal introduction to Gavin for consideration of your guest posts just let me know.
Related articles
- Is Google a Monopoly? [TNW Google] (thenextweb.com)
- Daily Blogwatch: Is Google a Monopoly? (dailyfinance.com)
- In the Grip of the New Monopolists (online.wsj.com)
- The Internet Monopolies? (circleid.com)
- EXCELLENT: Infographic Is Google A Monopoly? and the history of other monopolies
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Twitter: sunnythesis
February 10, 2012 at 6:58 am
Hi,
What you all wrote is true. But without Google there’s no search Engine
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Twitter: GrowMap
February 10, 2012 at 3:19 pm
Hello Shugham,
That is ridiculous. There are many search engines besides Google – just none that are consistently promoted in the media the way Google is. How sad that you believe that.
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Twitter: HughesGroupRE
December 23, 2011 at 1:41 pm
What has happened with Google is a continuation of what must happen given the social/economic climate that we live in. It will happen again and again. Wallmart, Starbucks, McDonald’s, Google, Microsoft . . . the list goes on. The list will continue to morph, living endlessly.
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Twitter: GrowMap
February 10, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Hi Thomas,
Not if the pawns in their game wake up and stop playing.
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These all are correct at TOP level but just spare sometime to see inside at BOTTOM level. Do you know how many houses run through Google? I know it is Google’s monopoly nevertheless Google provide many free things that helps many of us.
Twitter: GrowMap
February 10, 2012 at 3:18 pm
Yes and they are going to “help” many into the type of lives described in books like 1984 and Soylent Green and many movies – and the sad thing is most won’t even care that they have given away their freedom – at least until it is too late.
Money is NOT everything – and those that put too much importance on it are truly going to miss out on what life can be.
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Twitter: matthewacoleman
September 30, 2011 at 2:18 am
it is undeniable that google has the power and financial capabilities to dominate.but lets all remember that it’s us who have the power to say yes or no
Twitter: GrowMap
September 30, 2011 at 3:02 am
Hi Matthew,
The problem is yes WE have a choice as consumers but those who need to be visible to us have little choice if the majority of consumers are going to automatically use Google and ONLY use Google and worse yet ONLY look at the first few results when they search.
We have to be smarter than that and those who realize it must encourage everyone they know to use alternatives. One new alternative for businesses in the independent social network GoSkoop. Details in the post I’ll feature in CommentLuv in this reply.
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Twitter: n/a
September 30, 2011 at 2:02 am
i think its Google domination with their acquiring youtube and motoralla, they have expanded rapidly
Twitter: allaboutmexican
September 30, 2011 at 1:22 am
I think being a global success as what google has attain can be a bit intimidating for lets say Yahoo,Bing etc..but to try something different can be a good thing
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September 24, 2011 at 3:51 am
Imagine the following situation: There is a company and let’s say the name is Monopoly Inc. Their main business is real estate with a specialization in new housing projects. They own all new projects in your city so, if you want to buy a new home in your city, you automatically have to buy it from them. Since you can afford it and want a new home in your own city, you buy one from them. And here comes the problem: the same company has acquired all insurance businesses in your city and all furniture stores. Further they are also a main supplier of appliances, tv channels, building materials, and gardening. This means that if you want an insurance for your house, need furniture, appliances, gardening, watch tv, and, last but not least, renovate your home later on, you are always confronted with Monopoly Inc. This is exactly the direction in which Google has been going. Google is from origin a search engine and the company has been acquiring many directly related, indirectly related and unrelated businesses. It is for this reason that we can consider Google similar to Monopoly Inc. That’s how simple and dangerous it is. The Government is obliged to stop this as soon as possible. How? That’s also simple: force Google to sell everything they own except their search engine and their advertising business and the problem would be over. Extra benefit: this could also serve as a serious warning to other Internet related companies. This article was written by Dick Detering who is an expert in any knowledge related to Google including but not limited to SEO basics. If you are interested to know more about the latest Google algorithms, visit his site by clicking on his name.
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Twitter: GrowMap
September 24, 2011 at 4:37 am
I agree that Google wants to own everything, but I take that further. The same global elite control the major media and multi-national corporations and through them control the government so there is no way the government is going to stop anything.
The only thing that will work is for US to quietly move away from using any of them and support local and small businesses everywhere. The masses will still keep doing what they’re doing, but the few that understand will not end up with no choices.
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It’s important to remember how Google can literally wipe a site off the map with its algorithms or manual link removals. This kind of power over the visibility of businesses, multiplied by the size of Goog’s user base, means they have an overwhelming amount of control over the prosperity of the world’s businesses. Like a war drone, they can nuke a site with the touch of a button.
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Twitter: GrowMap
September 24, 2011 at 4:43 am
Hi Alfie,
I totally agree and they are systematically moving toward favoring big brands for more and more keyword phrases and since July 28, 2011 especially they have been churning first page results for a lot of searches.
That can easily be seen by looking at analytics and seeing what keywords are bringing you traffic. They have many swords. By sending you traffic for really general keywords your bounce rates go up and people are more likely to block your site which then gives them the perfect excuse to drop you down in the serps or make you go away altogether.
In spite of all the proof many still believe they are benevolent. They are naive and better be making other plans for getting business as their traffic from Google slowly diminishes over time.
Social media can help but remember that the same elite control the major social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and Google + so they aren’t really a solution.
We MUST focus on meeting people on their networks while we can and bringing them to independent sites like our own blogs or the new social network GoSkoop (see CommentLuv link for details).
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