Posts about Google

“Nobody Uses Their Real Name” and Other Outdated Notions

In Community, Geek, Google, Internet on 23 August 2011

I got my first email address in 1991. I was a freshman at UC Santa Cruz and a friend took me to a basement geek office where you had to fill out a paper form to get your free ucsc.edu email account. In the box labeled “User-name” I started to write “Derek.” My friend stopped me. “Nobody uses their real name.” He said it like he was talking to a child.

The Green Hair Theory

In Comment Spam, Community, Google, SEO on 19 October 2009

Here, in the last few seconds of my fifteen minutes of SEO infamy, I wanted to leave you with the words of another fucked up dude. If someone tells you that your hair is green, the only reason to get defensive is if it’s true.

Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists

In Advertising, Comment Spam, Geek, Google, Internet, Journalism, SEO, Technology, Weblogs on 12 October 2009

Search Engine Optimization is not a legitimate form of marketing. It should not be undertaken by people with brains or souls. If someone charges you money for SEO, they are running a scam.

Google Now in Vaporware Business?

In Business, Geek, Google, Internet on 5 November 2007

First Google announced Open Social, which is going to solve all the problems you didn’t know you had with social…

What Would Google Do?

In Design, Elsewhere, Google, Writing on 15 May 2006

Google and I, we’re old friends. I’ve written about them here and there for years. Google, as a web innovator,…

It’s About Time

In Comment Spam, Geek, Google, Internet on 19 January 2005

Google Blog: Preventing comment spam If you’re a blogger (or a blog reader), you’re painfully familiar with people who try…

The Real Heroes of the Web

In Geek, Google, Internet, Weblogs on 20 August 2004

With all the hoopla in the news about the Google IPO, let’s take a moment to remember the real heroes:…

Enemy Mine

In Geek, Google, Journalism on 24 November 2003

Just for the record, I do not hate Google, nor am I its enemy. Quite the opposite: I’m a fan.…

Google Creates Comment Spam

In Comment Spam, Geek, Google, Internet, Weblogs on 19 November 2003

There’s one central culprit that’s gone unacknowledged in this whole comment spam discussion: Google. Google is the central motivating force…

Google’s AdSenselessness

In Geek, Google, Internet on 2 October 2003

Google just booted Erik from their AdSense program, and a heated debate ensues. I hadn’t wanted to post about this,…