Posts Categorized Google

Google Now in Vaporware Business?

In Business, Geek, Google, Internet on 5 November 2007 with 15 comments

First Google announced Open Social, which is going to solve all the problems you didn’t know you had with social networking sites, and now they’ve announced the Open Handset Alliance, which is going to solve all the problems you didn’t know you had with your cellphone.
Each time we get a pretty illustration, a new […]

What Would Google Do?

In Design, Elsewhere, Google, Writing on 15 May 2006 with Comments Off

Google and I, we’re old friends. I’ve written about them here and there for years. Google, as a web innovator, has done just about everything right.
But as a designer, I’m tired of hearing clients and associates ask, “What would Google do?” as if every move they make is pure gold. When it comes to visual/exerience […]

It’s About Time

In Comment Spam, Geek, Google, Internet on 19 January 2005 with Comments Off

Google Blog: Preventing comment spam
If you’re a blogger (or a blog reader), you’re painfully familiar with people who try to raise their own websites’ search engine rankings by submitting linked blog comments like “Visit my discount pharmaceuticals site.” This is called comment spam, we don’t like it either, and we’ve been testing a new tag […]

The Real Heroes of the Web

In Geek, Google, Internet, Weblogs on 20 August 2004 with Comments Off

With all the hoopla in the news about the Google IPO, let’s take a moment to remember the real heroes: The people who put all that great stuff on the web in the first place.
I love Google, I really do. But I also enjoy a nicely toasted bagel. And when I’m spreading cream cheese on […]

Enemy Mine

In Geek, Google, Journalism on 24 November 2003 with Comments Off

Just for the record, I do not hate Google, nor am I its enemy. Quite the opposite: I’m a fan. I love Google. They’ve done so much for the web. I use their search and news services daily. And, in most cases, the choices they make are sound.
I criticize them when they make choices I […]

Google Creates Comment Spam

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

There’s one central culprit that’s gone unacknowledged in this whole comment spam discussion: Google.
Google is the central motivating force here. Comment spammers are adding their links to thousands of weblogs not because the audiences of those weblogs are particularly valuable, but because the links raise their PageRank with Google.
Now, this is far from the […]

Google’s AdSenselessness

In Geek, Google, Internet on 2 October 2003 with Comments Off

Google just booted Erik from their AdSense program, and a heated debate ensues. I hadn’t wanted to post about this, but since I have an experience in common, I thought I’d share.
I was also booted from Google for “inappropriate clicks” after an unusually high traffic day. I’m pretty sure my site was spidered (perhaps by […]