Comments on: Building the Google Brand, Courtesy of DOJ

By: robhyndman.com

robhyndman.com — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:19:32 +0000

Google’s Marketing Move

Dan Filler at Concurring Opinions says what I only wondered about Google’s refusal to honour a subpoena for users’ search records. Perhaps Google is not evil after all.

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By: Alex Geisinger

Alex Geisinger — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 23:57:28 +0000

Will Google now be considered a “liberal” web cite to be avoided by all those people who don’t question the government’s right to this or any other type of information? Maybe, but it seems their desire for privacy might trump their civic-mindedness–at least in some cases. (In keeping with the painful pun theme…I’ll flesh out the point later).

By: Al Dillard

Al Dillard — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:58:08 +0000

Google’s refusal could also backfire from a marketing perspective, especially in light of todays increasing post 9/11 paranoia. For example, an average potential seach engine user might contemplate the following: Google’s refusal to provide information increases the Government’s interest in monitoring the searches that occur on Google(based on the notion that a refusal occurs when someone has something to hide), and therefore it becomes more likely that when the DOJ does recieve the records (which in all likelihood they will eventually) they will be more closely scrutinized than the records of those search engines that did not put up any resistance.

By: Name

Name — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:06:36 +0000

Don’t ya think this has a lot more to do with the expense of honoring the request than privacy?

By: John Jenkins

John Jenkins — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:26:02 +0000

*Google or bust*? GROAN…

As to privacy, isn’t this a lot like pen registers and, if not, why not?

By: A Stitch in Haste

A Stitch in Haste — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:26:18 +0000

Governmental Google Grab

Three hasty stitches regarding the Justice Department’s subpoena of Google’s search records:

–Google has not been accused of any crime what…