| Plenty of people burnt by G's often parasitic and monopolistic forms of monetisation. E.g: placing "search this site" in SERPs for brand queries (actually performing yet another Google search + Ad's) to get more adwords ad's in front of users. Forcing brands to bid on their own names in search results by not protecting trademark claims in any cohesive way. Suffocating industries with verticals, with poor /no support and then moating, (Think local search and Yelp/online Yellow Pages"). The Binghoo vs. Google pissing contest, (They both look like bullies). Hijacking loans, mortgages, credit cards, new cars, (and other 'big ticket' items) with aggregated results yet cracking down on aggregators algorithmically in core organic claiming it's not good for the user, (Double standards). G +... fake numbers they are throwing around when they've clearly strong armed users and 'advertisers' such as the Google Places migration. Google reader... Lots more, but generally it's the "Do no evil" BS. Where folks feel hoodwinked into believing G was anything more than a money making machine, even at the cost of their own integrity. I blame Mayer for the mess in search and Schmidt for the borg like focus on $$$ and social, at any cost. |