Steve Rubel reports about the new Autolink feature employed in the new version of the Google Toolbar. The new Autolink feature turns non-linked content on Web sites into hotlinks back to Google properties and other sites. Rubel points to the resemblance of the feature to Microsoft’s smart tags which cause quite a discussion couple of years ago. Microsoft could not have implemented the feature.
I think, Rubel raises a very important point here: How can Google get away with Microsoft Couldn’t? He says:
They shouldn’t get away with what Microsoft was unable to. It’s not fair and it shows that no matter what Google does, they can do no wrong in the eyes of the American public - at least for now.
At the moment, most people trust in Google. This is very interesting. Google is a software company but they are in service business. I think this is an advantage of being in service business if it is done right. If you satisfy your customers with the service not many people think about some consequences of some services. Add to that the image of Google as being a company that employs a lot of smart people.
Does Google have evil plans? Whatever their plans are, and how good their services are there has to a standard on rules and one company should not get away with something that the other could not.
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