I've been thinking. With Google being so dominant in the search engine field, its holds great influence on businesses such as ours. Our businesses, in some cases huge ones, are subject to the whims of Google in regards to the legitimate presentations of our businesses in the form of SERPS. So here is my question: Since Google is so influencial on the new internet economy, should regulations be passed in the United States to govern the behavior of Google? Or do you prefer to keep it as it is, sort of the wild west mentality?
I'm a fanatic of the free market. Let things go as they are. If Google starts being evil , there will always be another search engine ready to take the lead.
I'll go one better. Could Google be liable for financial losses incured by businesses because of their practices?
This is very true. But to be honest I see the same effects as the tycoons of the past such as JP Morgan and others. I'm all for a free market too...but a free market has no bearing on Google really financially. Right now its dependent on users of Google to determine Google's punishment, and a user can see no wrong doing. Its like a monster presenting two faces to the world.
Many others have tried suing. All have failed. If your business model is such that it depends on G to survive, that's your fault. G owes you nothing. And no, there should not be regulations. It's a free market. I do not want government in my Internet in any way, shape or form. /*tom*/
It's just fine right now. Also don't forget the world existed long before Google and when Google is gone nothing will happen.
I think if anything Google is demonstrating that they error on the side of fairness moreso than any recent mega-company. Aside of continuing to fine-tune their CPC business I think they're doing pretty well.
Level playing field idea would only work if the government or any authoritative organization applies the rules. Otherwise "its my house I will do whatever I want" rule goes for everybody.
The problem with Google is that word... monopoly It's dominant hold over on-line advertising and internet searches is very worrying. Monopolies - either state or private - are a recipe of economic disaster. I'm not against Thamelas' idea in principle, but what do you mean by passing regulations? Can you give us an example of Google practice that needs such intervention?
Well for one thing removing websites from its index that Google decides it doesn't like, even though it is a legitimate site. Now on the surface this is all well and good and even I would have no problem with removing a bad website. BUT removal from the Google index can have disasterous implications for small sites, and in a sense Google put the website out of business. In my opinion that kind of power is unacceptable. There needs to be clear and serious federal regulations on operations besides "we determined such and such and de-indexed your site". Honestly, from what I've seen, I don't hold Google employees in high regard in any way what so ever. Futhermore I think all search engines should be financially liable for losses incured beause of their actions. On a final note, who put Google in charge of the internet anyway?
Anyone who builds a business on the back of Googles Organic SERPs should have a bankruptcy lawyer on speed dial...... Famous Quote "Google destroyed my business" More Famous Quote "No they did not...you did"
NO. AS it is the US is trying to regulate the rest of the world. NO need to interfere with the internet as well.
But yet you come and take from a US based site... and post on a US based site and you try to earn revenues from US companies. (Nice goddy aff link in your sig) What the US needs to do is keep all the food and money we have and forget the trillions we dump on places like where you live. Don't like it hop of the Earth... and head for Uranus....
Whatever the steps are going to be taken by Google are always welcome by the internet society. As it's the top on market and will be for long time...
That's ridiculous. It's a business, just like any other. You don't hold the phone book financially responsible if they don't list your number for free, do you? How are they any different?
LOL......you are so full of contradiction you will never meet success... What a Dalit you must be....