Google Calls the Internet a "Cesspool"

Wow, that's pretty harsh coming from Google, they sponsor most of that cesspool.

 

And most of cesspool put them adsense or adwords code and make money for them

 

Yip and you got many angry webmasters ..

thx
malcolm

 

Can't say I disagree with him to be honest ... lol. But then again, think about his audience - magazine executives - his job is to make them feel important - what better way to do that than downplaying the immediate importance of the medium which will eventually replace them (the internet)

 

Me either, there are the obvious exceptions but there seems to be an increasing amount of crap you have to sift through to get to the good stuff.

And that is what I believe to be the reason for the increase, and the ultimate cause of the problem.

Rubbish MFA sites popping up like mushrooms, all trying to grab there piece of the pie.
Not that I have anything against people making money from sites they have worked hard on, in fact it is a great way to reward people for all the work they put in.

But because Google made it so easy to become an Adsense publisher, with very few quality guidelines, they opened the floodgates. (What did they expect)

I find it ironic that Google would complain publicly about the cesspool they themselves created.

Sharing my opinion.

Cheers
James

 

Here is the webpronews article...

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/10/08/this-cesspool-we-call-the-internet

thx
M1

 

Thanks...

This I am guessing is the original one from AdAge.
http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=131569&search_phrase=cesspool

Cheers
James

 

Although the number of MFA sites is going up a lot, there is still a number of quality sites going up too.

Quite surprising that Google would say that though.

 

it would be more interesting if he spoke about how they would fix the cesspool. what he said is like saying you get wet if you go outside when it rains....

 

They don't seem to be concerned with the Cesspool when its lining their pockets.

 

the monopoly story over and over again

 

Well,
I agree with this quote, I also don't like those web craps now days.

 

Anyway Google is part of the so called cesspool right

 

I'm surprised that google would say that publicly... but the internet can be a cesspool IMO.

 

I Wouldnt say harsh but somewhat a truth there is a lot of false info on net too

 

No one can actually control the contents on the net and it is our duty to look for authentication when searching for information because the contents grow in leaps and bounds as the seconds tick...

 

Ya harsh..
They also sure seem to have a big share of it..

 

I didn't think they would say something like that

 

If anyone should know he would. This seems to be a hot topic on the forums and blogs!

 

I'd have to agree with it being a cesspool. I just read about this same issue on Aaron Wall's site - he had some additional good points that were worth reading.