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Is Google Evil?
Courtney Tuttle wrote this article, RealRank™ Doesn’t Solve Anything For Bloggers, discussing the recent wholesale PageRank slaughter of PayPerPost using blogs and IZEA’s attempt at creating an alternative ranking system. Of course, the conversation turns to Google’s practices and are they potentially illegal under US and EU monopoly laws.
Standard Oil and Google
Much like Google, Standard Oil was the technology leader in their day and relied upon an efficient delivery system and responsible management to provide consumers with petroleum products. They even “did no evil” by being surprisingly ‘green’ for their day and time, finding ways to resell waste products rather than polluting with them. However, they soon became evil by using aggressive practices to destroy competitors’ businesses.
