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famousringo on 12 February 2010

I found an interesting example of just how much power Google searches have over how so many people use the internet. This link is the second hit if you do a Google search on "facebook login":

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_your_one_true_login.php

This blog post has been bombarded by people who do a Google search to get onto Facebook rather than clicking on a bookmark or typing in the URL. They find themselves here instead and are frustrated and confused by "Facebook's changes" and why they can't log in. There are almost 1,000 comments and most of them are from irate people who want to be on Facebook.

It's funny, and a little sad, and a dramatic lesson in how Google searches shape internet traffic. And this is why I'm concerned that Google has decided to start deliberately tweaking search results for their own benefit.



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Squilliam on 12 February 2010
famousringo said:
I found an interesting example of just how much power Google searches have over how so many people use the internet. This link is the second hit if you do a Google search on "facebook login":

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_your_one_true_login.php

This blog post has been bombarded by people who do a Google search to get onto Facebook rather than clicking on a bookmark or typing in the URL. They find themselves here instead and are frustrated and confused by "Facebook's changes" and why they can't log in. There are almost 1,000 comments and most of them are from irate people who want to be on Facebook.

It's funny, and a little sad, and a dramatic lesson in how Google searches shape internet traffic. And this is why I'm concerned that Google has decided to start deliberately tweaking search results for their own benefit.

I know so many people who don't use the address bar anymore, they google everything.



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Kirameo on 12 February 2010
famousringo said:
I found an interesting example of just how much power Google searches have over how so many people use the internet. This link is the second hit if you do a Google search on "facebook login":

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_your_one_true_login.php

This blog post has been bombarded by people who do a Google search to get onto Facebook rather than clicking on a bookmark or typing in the URL. They find themselves here instead and are frustrated and confused by "Facebook's changes" and why they can't log in. There are almost 1,000 comments and most of them are from irate people who want to be on Facebook.

It's funny, and a little sad, and a dramatic lesson in how Google searches shape internet traffic. And this is why I'm concerned that Google has decided to start deliberately tweaking search results for their own benefit.

I don't get it :S



 

Cheebee on 12 February 2010

Oh god, this won't end well... -_-'



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famousringo on 12 February 2010
Kirameo said:
famousringo said:
I found an interesting example of just how much power Google searches have over how so many people use the internet. This link is the second hit if you do a Google search on "facebook login":

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_your_one_true_login.php

This blog post has been bombarded by people who do a Google search to get onto Facebook rather than clicking on a bookmark or typing in the URL. They find themselves here instead and are frustrated and confused by "Facebook's changes" and why they can't log in. There are almost 1,000 comments and most of them are from irate people who want to be on Facebook.

It's funny, and a little sad, and a dramatic lesson in how Google searches shape internet traffic. And this is why I'm concerned that Google has decided to start deliberately tweaking search results for their own benefit.

I don't get it :S

These people don't go directly to Facebook, they ask Google where Facebook is, and take it on faith that because Google told them this was Facebook, it must be Facebook.

The point is that there are a great many people who only view the internet through the lens of Google. If Google applies a blue tint to their lens, millions of internet users will see a blue internet and carry on. They may not ask if there is something odd about the lens. Google is now fiddling about with that lens, using it to make the internet look like what Google wants it to look like. For now, it's an internet with a little less iPad. Tomorrow, it could be an internet with more Google Docs and less OpenOffice, more Google Wave and less Skype.



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Killergran on 12 February 2010
famousringo said:

These people don't go directly to Facebook, they ask Google where Facebook is, and take it on faith that because Google told them this was Facebook, it must be Facebook.

The point is that there are a great many people who only view the internet through the lens of Google. If Google applies a blue tint to their lens, millions of internet users will see a blue internet and carry on. They may not ask if there is something odd about the lens. Google is now fiddling about with that lens, using it to make the internet look like what Google wants it to look like. For now, it's an internet with a little less iPad. Tomorrow, it could be an internet with more Google Docs and less OpenOffice, more Google Wave and less Skype.

This is what makes me scared. Google has so much power, and now they are starting to abuse it. Only by a little so far, but it's dangerous because it can become a habit, going from a one time thing to a standing policy. I'm not expecting it to go that way, but I am fearing the results.



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arsenicazure on 13 February 2010

In other news.. NBC has deleted every possible bit of information about Conan from their website! :)

Bad NBC... BAD!



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rocketpig on 13 February 2010
arsenicazure said:
In other news.. NBC has deleted every possible bit of information about Conan from their website! :)

Bad NBC... BAD!

This would be more akin to NBC News refusing to cover anything regarding Conan... and if NBC News had the overwhelming majority marketshare of news viewers.




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