This Google+ search controversy just keeps getting worse

More now on the Google+ search controversy. You know, the one where Google is giving their social network higher billing than others (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) in their search results. Yes, its a big problem. Here we have a former Googler pointing out just how much Google has changed to even consider a move like this…

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The Engauge perspective on Google+

Google+ has been getting a lot of attention lately, and for good reason. They’re growing fairly fast and in the middle of an interesting new controversy. Engauge put together a fantastic point of view on Google+, if I do say so myself. Download the pdf and let me know what you think!

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Putting the Google search controversy in perspective

Google made a major announcement about their search engine on January 10th. While theoretically the changes they announced are made to improve search results by making them more relative, the point that most people took from it was that Google is going to favor Google+, their social network, over other social networks like Facebook and…

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Maybe Google isn’t so evil after all

In case you’ve missed it, there has been a ton of talk about Google’s new search policy, which many think will skew their search results to promote Google+ over Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. The way it reads now, I have to agree that it seems like they’ve stepped a little over that line.…

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Google+ Circles, I still don’t get it

Google+ very well might be the next great thing. I’m really bad at predicting those kinds of things. When I first heard about Twitter, I thought it was crazy (come on, admit, so did you). I also thought FriendFeed was going to be amazing (kinda was until Facebook bought it). So I’m no expert in…

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