Comments on: On Google, Viacom and The Wild West (guns and snakes) http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/03/14/on-google-viacom-and-the-wild-west-guns-and-snakes/ An industry analyst blog looking at software ecosystems and convergence Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jgovernor http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/03/14/on-google-viacom-and-the-wild-west-guns-and-snakes/#comment-36936 jgovernor Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:23:50 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/03/14/on-google-viacom-and-the-wild-west-guns-and-snakes/#comment-36936 trust them after that? i dont trust google *before* that... :-) this is the second comment on trust in 30 minutes. the last aksed whether i trusted feedburner. for me trust is not a binary object. there are degrees of trust, and even people i considered good friends have betrayed me, and vice-versa in unexpected ways. and friends i trust a lot more than web services. but you're probably right if Google didn't list MTV or spongebob square pants perhaps that would drive traffic to competitors. trust them after that? i dont trust google *before* that… :-) this is the second comment on trust in 30 minutes. the last aksed whether i trusted feedburner. for me trust is not a binary object. there are degrees of trust, and even people i considered good friends have betrayed me, and vice-versa in unexpected ways. and friends i trust a lot more than web services. but you’re probably right if Google didn’t list MTV or spongebob square pants perhaps that would drive traffic to competitors.

]]> By: Geir Magnusson Jr http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/03/14/on-google-viacom-and-the-wild-west-guns-and-snakes/#comment-36935 Geir Magnusson Jr Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:18:09 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/03/14/on-google-viacom-and-the-wild-west-guns-and-snakes/#comment-36935 That would be an interesting decision for Google - would you trust them after that? Would you think that you were getting objectively relevant (modulo google-bombs, etc) rankings, or something based on Eric Schmidt's mood that morning? I think that would be a big opening for competitors.... That would be an interesting decision for Google - would you trust them after that? Would you think that you were getting objectively relevant (modulo google-bombs, etc) rankings, or something based on Eric Schmidt’s mood that morning?

I think that would be a big opening for competitors….

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