Google Stops Talking to CNet News
Posted by dw2003 on 12 August 2005 - 17:27 · 28 comments & 7220 views
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#1 Posted by djsaad1 on 12 Aug 2005 - 17:31
- seems like google is getting pretty big headed.
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#2 Posted by wa22guy on 12 Aug 2005 - 17:33
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#2.1 Posted by Ice Brewed Beer on 12 Aug 2005 - 18:19
- christ, shut up with that crap. Before news can be posted it has to be passed by the admins. Sooo next time learn to be quiet when news is a little late.
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#2.2 Posted by joshpo on 12 Aug 2005 - 18:53
- This really is old though, its been on CNET et al for over a week. I don't think it takes 7 days for the "newsdesk" to type 100 words.
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#3 Posted by Lee McDermott on 12 Aug 2005 - 17:39
- ^ STFU, I hadn't heard it
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#4 Posted by threedaysdwn on 12 Aug 2005 - 17:40
- Wasn't this like... a week ago?
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#5 Posted by RangerLG on 12 Aug 2005 - 17:47
- So they cry because someone used their service to show what anyone else can look up. Will they start banning IPs for a year when someone looks up information on any other Google employee?
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#6 Posted by GaMMa on 12 Aug 2005 - 17:48
- Yea semi-old. I think the article took things too far. They could have gotten the point across without mentioning all the details of an employee's life.
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#7 Posted by ir0nw0lf on 12 Aug 2005 - 18:02
- Oh cry me a river Google, your service allowed that level of information to be gleened, so choke on it already! Grow up, this is sounding like the kind of stuff young kids do, not adults with massive corporations. Or perhaps they are both lead by 3 year olds with permanent temper tamtrums...
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#8 Posted by eagleye on 12 Aug 2005 - 18:55
- So Google engine did what it supposed to do, got some info? some useless info, like what he sold etc etc, kinda info you get watching the insider for 20 minutes or on tabloid ?
I read Cnet article and its totally useless, what is thier point? that google engine should give you no information when you use it ? it's not like you got his credit card numbers or his cellular phone number using google
Grow up, and try to do something useful with your time...
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#9 Posted by kirk26 on 12 Aug 2005 - 18:56
- Slow/old news day. Really had to say it here. It is appropriate even though i'm the president of the STFU about old news on here.
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#10 Posted by Trajik 2600 on 12 Aug 2005 - 19:28
- I'm not your friend anymore!
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#11 Posted by vlsi0n on 12 Aug 2005 - 19:28
- sounds like google is powting...
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#12 Posted by C-Fu on 12 Aug 2005 - 19:36
- Me no likey oogly googly waaaaaah waaaaaaaaaah waaaaaaaah
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#13 Posted by dhan on 12 Aug 2005 - 19:38
- "Do no evil" is fading off I guess
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#14 Posted by krono6 on 12 Aug 2005 - 20:01
- Join the dark side, Lu... I mean, Google...
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#15 Posted by NeoReader on 12 Aug 2005 - 20:27
- This may be old news to those of you who do not look away from your monitor,
But some of us don't go to other sites to get their news, so this is news to me.
Looks like Google is starting to be another "Borg".
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#16 Posted by darksoul on 12 Aug 2005 - 20:43
- it really is too bad google doesn't have any S's in their name we could replace with $'s that is really fun. maybe we should do googŁe.
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#17 Posted by lylesback2 on 12 Aug 2005 - 21:22
- WOW.... i didn't think google would pull such a stunt.. but if they are the higher power, they can do what they need to right. i love googles wacky antics.. from paying the top chairman's $1 a year, to this LOL.
go google go!
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#18 Posted by Garrett Socling on 12 Aug 2005 - 22:46
- I hardly ever say **** google, but **** google...
This sounds like a stunt worthy of micro$oft...
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#19 Posted by ThunderRiver on 13 Aug 2005 - 02:38
- Google is not doing anything good to maintain its reputation on this one. Even though CNET may have offended Google in someway, but media is powerful enough that Google should have known better.
People in U of Michigan are stupid about Google. They think Google is everything. Some extremists will get mad if you use Yahoo, MSN, or other search engines in front of them.
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#20 Posted by AfroTrance on 13 Aug 2005 - 14:29
- Google are worried people might find out their internet domination plans by googling it.
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#21 Posted by GwaRGuITaR on 13 Aug 2005 - 18:29
- this seems more like a humorous thing coming from them then google actually being offended by this. they do some pretty goofy things and i personally get entertainment from it.
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#22 Posted by Yogurth on 14 Aug 2005 - 20:58
- www.google-watch.org
Google is pretty bad according to this site. Some scary findings.
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#23 Posted by Echelon Left on 15 Aug 2005 - 05:07
- C-Net and Google have two very differnt corporate philosphies.
However, that doesn't excuse this sort of nonsense. This is just childish, and it does not relfect well on either company.
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#24 Posted by C_Guy on 15 Aug 2005 - 17:34
- You gotta watch your actions in the public domain. One act of immaturity like that can instantly tarnish your image and cost you customers.
Makes me want to give MSN Search another try.
...C_Guy
The boycott came to light last week when News.com began including a twist on the standard corporate response in articles relating to Google. It read, "Google could not be immediately reached for comment. (Google representatives have instituted a policy of not talking with CNET News.com reporters until July 2006 in response to privacy issues raised by a previous story.)"
That previous story, which News.com linked to, was headlined "Google Balances Privacy, Reach," and showed just how much information Google has placed at our fingertips. To illustrate, staff writer Elinor Mills spent 30 minutes googling Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive officer, then published Schmidt's net worth ($1.5 billion), his net gain from selling Google stock this year ($140 million), the town he calls home (Atherton, California), the fact that he is an amateur pilot and "roamed the desert at the Burning Man art festival in Nevada."
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