The Google: A Somewhat Negative View
March 30, 2015
I no longer work in Manhattan. The world looks different from an aerie high above the city. I recall my office at 245 Park Avenue. It was a cubicle, but when my boss, the resident Godzilla, was out, I was able to use his lavish manse.
It comes as no surprise to me that a New York newspaper sees Google in a manner different from my humble underground cellar in rural Kentucky. On a good day when I am alert and listening to the lone bird in my yard, I can hear the echo of gunfire. Squirrels and automatic weapons go together like apple pie and ice cream.
These juxtapositions are not likely to disturb the analysts, journalists, and former music majors covering the world of high technology. For evidence of the difference, read “Google Controls What We Buy, the News We Read—and Obama’s Policies.”
Dear, ageing Google. My what capabilities you have. Here in Harrod’s Creek, the Google provides me with objective information about products, what’s happening in the world, and the antics of elected officials.
Quite a difference, right? Here’s a glimpse of the Google and the Obama team. According to the write up:
Schmidt [Google executive wizard] was especially fond of a madcap corner of the Obama campaign office known as “the Cave,” where, at 4:30 every day, staffers would dance madly under a disco ball to the tune of a mashup of Psy’s “Gangnam Style” and an automated campaign phone call made to prospective voters.
Managers have to relieve stress, right?
With regard to truth, the newspaper in the world’s leading city, reports:
Google says that in the future, its determinations about what is true and what is untrue will play a role in how search-engine rankings are configured.
Ah, truth returns to journalism. Content marketers who sell advertorial space in New York newspapers may want to up their game.
I am not sure about the “what I buy” argument. Here in Harrod’s Creek, I rely on the truth singers at Amazon. Our local businesses are gone. On Sunday, the US Post Office delivered me a product I ordered six days ago. Well, the delivery worked, just not in two days. But, who’s complaining. I can drive to Cincinnati, or I can sit on the porch and wait for a Sunday delivery. Amazon is allowing me to reduce fuel consumption. But Google is not really in the product game unless one considers Google’s plans for entertainment and digital amusements.
From where I sit, looking at the mine run off streaming through the dead weeds, I see Google as an objective, reliable source of information. Maybe if I lived in Manhattan I would see things differently.
I love the GOOG. Keep on truckin’, dudes and female CFO. You are able to define truth when others fail to deliver. Run the query “Obama” on Google. There are no ads displayed. See objective.
Stephen E Arnold, March 30, 2015
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