Comments on: Google China http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/25/google-china/ Everyone has a right to my opinions Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:42:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Robert http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/25/google-china/#comment-229 Robert Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:13:04 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=125#comment-229 It will not. They make their money through AdWords, I guess... It will not. They make their money through AdWords, I guess…

]]> By: Clarice http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/25/google-china/#comment-226 Clarice Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:42:20 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=125#comment-226 When I use Google, I don't pay for the privilege. And I never click on any sponsored links out of principle. So how will my not using google register with their bank balance, I wonder? When I use Google, I don’t pay for the privilege. And I never click on any sponsored links out of principle. So how will my not using google register with their bank balance, I wonder?

]]> By: Disillusioned kid http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/25/google-china/#comment-225 Disillusioned kid Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:44:57 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=125#comment-225 You can avoid using Google directly by accessing it's searches via Scroogle: http://www.scroogle.org/ You can avoid using Google directly by accessing it’s searches via Scroogle: http://www.scroogle.org/

]]> By: Robert http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/25/google-china/#comment-221 Robert Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:20:10 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=125#comment-221 A very pertinent point: perhaps it is not their decision to censor which is at fault (which is, after all, not breaking any chinese laws) but the notion of "Do No Evil" which I beleive was their tag-line. The film The Corporation accuses the very concept of a company as being inherently psychotic in make-up, because by definition it is out to make money, and money alone. It calls into question the whole idea of Corporate Social Responsibility. A very pertinent point: perhaps it is not their decision to censor which is at fault (which is, after all, not breaking any chinese laws) but the notion of “Do No Evil” which I beleive was their tag-line. The film The Corporation accuses the very concept of a company as being inherently psychotic in make-up, because by definition it is out to make money, and money alone. It calls into question the whole idea of Corporate Social Responsibility.

]]> By: Devil's Kitchen http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/25/google-china/#comment-214 Devil's Kitchen Sat, 28 Jan 2006 04:48:41 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=125#comment-214 What people fail to remember is that, once a company becomes publically listed, thern profit is the only business ethic that you can have. As a Director, you are required, <i>by law</i>, to maximise profits for the shareholders. DK What people fail to remember is that, once a company becomes publically listed, thern profit is the only business ethic that you can have. As a Director, you are required, by law, to maximise profits for the shareholders.

DK

]]> By: John http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/25/google-china/#comment-206 John Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:14:12 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=125#comment-206 Danny Sullivan has a well rounded article at: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060125-072617 Note that Yahoo and MSN are already censoring search results (without telling the users about it unlike Google). Danny Sullivan has a well rounded article at:
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060125-072617

Note that Yahoo and MSN are already censoring search results (without telling the users about it unlike Google).

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