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Reflect -> RE: Google implements 'smart tags' (2/24/2005 15:30:03)
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<quote>I am really surprised by the lack of interest in what Google is doing... maybe it is because so many people are in love with the big G</quote>
Not here. I am distancing myself from them. I think betting the farm solely on Google algos are ridiculous. With PPC, genre specific directories they are not the only game in town. I know they send a good percentage of our traffic but who knows what upstart directory or SE will come tomorrow and bump them off the radar?
I remember when they were the upstart, then they gathered steam via a great webmaster loyalist base, then they went public. Since then it will be decisions based solely on profitably and I think that will be Gs downfall. However they are in business to make money however be it grey hat (in the middle of ethical and non).
It is arrogance like this new tool. They think they should profit from a tool install? I can see no other way around the logic (someone PLEASE show me other motivations). They were around during the heated debates about MS smart tags and yet they rolled this into the tool.
I just shook my head when I first read about this. I can not get past this being solely money motivated which is a shame.
Would I ban googlebot based on this? No, but once there is a work around to blocking the issue that is raised you can sure bet I will implement it.
I'll get down from my soap box, sorry.
Take care,
Brian
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