Surprise. News Corp. Thinks Probe of Google Is Okay

January 18, 2016

I love it when outfits which are engaged in real journalism comment about the Alphabet Google thing. Newspapers never had a monopolistic thought in their history. The newspaper wars are a myth. Yellow journalism was a result of color blind folks misunderstanding “real” data gathering and dissemination.

To learn more about News Corp.’s view of a Google anti trust probe, navigate to “News Corp. CEO Says Antitrust Probe of Google Could Be Warranted.” Yep, woulda, coulda, shoulda.

I learned:

Citing a lack of competition in the search market, especially in Europe, News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson called Monday for closer scrutiny of Google’s business by regulators.

I wonder if the News Corp. digital wizards is aware of:

Exalead Search at https://www.exalead.com/search/
Gibiru at https://anonymous-gibiru.com/
Qwant at https://www.qwant.com/
Silobreaker at http://www.silobreaker.com/
Unbubble at https://www.unbubble.eu/
Yandex at https://www.yandex.com/

There are some other services as well, but from the point of view of New Corp., they are probably irrelevant.

I assume that alternatives are not important to executives representing a company with an interesting track record in management and information gathering.

I wonder why folks are using the Alphabet Google thing? Thoughts, gentle reader?

Stephen E Arnold, January 18, 2016

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Google, News, Search

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.